Posibilidades y límites político-educativos de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación

The information society, that is based on the technological revolution, is already a fact. The information and communication technologies also concern the education world -not only commerce and leisure-, and the education policy should take advantage of them. Our aim in this paper is to establish s...

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Main Author: Alvarez Castillo, José Luis
Published: 2001
Online Access: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=23681
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Summary:The information society, that is based on the technological revolution, is already a fact. The information and communication technologies also concern the education world -not only commerce and leisure-, and the education policy should take advantage of them. Our aim in this paper is to establish some benefits and limitations of technologies in education from a policy approach. Computing and telecommunications may serve a market model, or they may be useful to build a democratic and egalitarian society, or both. For the moment policy discourse is driven from the perspective of markets, rather than from a perspective which places the priority on the needs of the democratic process. It is argued that educational environments are suitable contexts to foster citizens¿ involvement in the information society in a moral way.