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Computers and the End of Progressive Education

Computers and the End of Progressive Education

David Williamson Shaffer
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781605663227|ISBN10: 1605663220|EISBN13: 9781605663234
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-322-7.ch004
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Shaffer, David Williamson. "Computers and the End of Progressive Education." Digital Simulations for Improving Education: Learning Through Artificial Teaching Environments, edited by David Gibson and Young Kyun Baek, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 68-85. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-322-7.ch004

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Shaffer, D. W. (2009). Computers and the End of Progressive Education. In D. Gibson & Y. Baek (Eds.), Digital Simulations for Improving Education: Learning Through Artificial Teaching Environments (pp. 68-85). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-322-7.ch004

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Shaffer, David Williamson. "Computers and the End of Progressive Education." In Digital Simulations for Improving Education: Learning Through Artificial Teaching Environments, edited by David Gibson and Young Kyun Baek, 68-85. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-322-7.ch004

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Abstract

Multiculturalism is an essential tool for democratic citizenship in a world made ever more closely interconnected by information technologies. In this paper, I propose a model for progressive multicultural education in the computer age. I begin by describing the Pragmatic Progressive model of learning implicit in Dewey’s writing on education. I then discuss two revisions to the model in light of technological developments and theoretical work over the last few decades. Taken together, these revisions suggest that we might profitably revisit—and revise—Dewey’s ideas in the post-industrial era. I bring these ideas together to describe a theory of pedagogical praxis that offers an opportunity to move from multiculturalism to multisubculturalism: a view of education that focuses on diverse educational goals rather than diverse pathways to a single pedagogical end—and thus a view of learning more suited to the diverse ways of thinking and living that characterize our increasingly integrated world.

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