Exemplary Uses of Technology in Education

• Authors: David L. Bolton

Abstracts

EN

Traditional education in the United States has been largely influenced by the Industrial Revolution. Educational technology helped prepare students for the industry. The modern information technology revolution has created a need for a different type of education, one that helps the student acquire the skills to process and use information to solve problems. One approach to education that does this is constructivism, an approach to education that helps students learn the structure of knowledge. Exemplary use of educational technology can be used to accomplish this goal. Exemplary lessons stimulate higher-order thinking to solve problems. Examples are provided that demonstrate this.

Keywords

EN

Educational Technology; Constructivism; Higher-order Thinking

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 10
• Pages: 227-243

Dates

published

2006

Contributors

author

David L. Bolton

• West Chester University of PA, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.06.10.3.17

Biblioteka Nauki

29520349