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The anti-education era, creating smarter students through digital learning, James Paul Gee

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The anti-education era, creating smarter students through digital learning, James Paul Gee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index

Index

index present

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Professional, Follett Library Resources

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The anti-education era

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

James Paul Gee

Sub title

creating smarter students through digital learning

Summary

James Paul Gee argues for the inclusion of digital learning in education, and discuses the positive effects of social media inside and outside the classroom

Table Of Contents

Orwell's question: why are humans so stupid?Pt. I. How to be stupid. Short-circuiting the circuit of human reflective action -- The limits of human memory -- Mental comfort stories -- Lack of context -- Lack of experience -- Pitfalls along our search for status and solidarity -- Words gone awry -- Lack of agency -- Institutions and frozen thought -- Fact-free stories that sound good -- Imagined kin -- Lonely groups of one -- When not to trust experts -- Evading knowledge -- Flight from complexityPt. II. How to get smart before it's too late. Inclusive we : how we can all get smarter together -- Big minds, not little minds -- Mind visions and new, better worlds -- Synchronized intelligence : getting our minds and tools in synch -- Interlude to forestall possible misunderstandings -- Getting smarter before it's too late

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