The Information Age: Technology, Learning and Exclusion in Wales - Couverture souple

Selwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708317081 ISBN 13 : 9780708317082

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Information Age offers a critical examination of the challenges a newly-devolved Wales faces in reinventing itself as a confident and competitive 'e-nation'. The development and exploitation of technology has long been at the core of Welsh economic and social life and has assumed even greater significance over the last few decades with the emergence of new information and communication technologies. Neil Selwyn and Stephen Gorard suggest that small countries will lose out if they fail to adopt appropriate strategies for lifelong learning and combat the danger of a 'digital divide'. At the same time, their extensive empirical research offers early indications of the likely shortcomings of relying on technology alone to promote knowledge and social inclusion. Wales faces major structural, economic and socio-cultural challenges. None of these will be overcome by relying solely on 'technical fixes'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Neil Selwyn is a Lecturer at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences and the author of 101 key ideas in Information Technology (2002). Stephen Gorard is a Professor at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. His most recent books are Education and Social Justice (2000), and Creating a Learning Society (2002).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708317081
• ISBN 13: 9780708317082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Selwyn Neil, Gorard Stephen
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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