Dialogic Education and Technology

by Wegerif

This book empowers people to go beyond themselves into new spheres of learning, thinking and creativity. Drawing on recent work in communications theory as well as psychology, computer science and philosophy, it reveals some key characteristics of learning dialogues. It also demonstrates ways in which computers and networks can deepen, enrich and expand such dialogues. The book’s central argument is that this dialogic perspective in education and the latest developments in information and communications technology make ideal partners.

340 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Kyrill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Postmodernist bullshit. Disregards the justification of ALL truth claims on the basis that Nazis used justification to argue Jews are inferior. Motivates this set of self-referential self-congratulatory theoretical firmaments on the grounds that Vygotskian accounts of learning apparently can't explain creativity. Good thing Derrida wrote a whole book on Imagination and Creativity in Childhood - oh wait, that was Vygotsky, ah well, at least Derrida wrote that treatise on distinguishing creativity from ordinary reason - nope Hegel. Most of the rest of the book is tail-wagging-the-dog case studies posing as empirical evidence for the florid theorizing of the first three chapters.