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Contents contributed and discussions participated by frank furt

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The Myth of a Radical Digital Connectivity - 2 views

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    The myth of the radically horizontal structure of digital connectivity - like a digital rhizome - with a supposedly radical political potential.
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Toward a Luddite Pedagogy - Hybrid Pedagogy - 0 views

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    Defence of Luddism and a Luddite approach to pedagogy in education - a critique of the use of "Luddite" in the pejorative that abounds in the edtech discourse.
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Technology is not tools - 3 views

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    Critique of the supposed neutrality of technology and tools
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Prometheus connected: liberation and fate after the digital revolution - 0 views

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    Prometheus technology and fate after the digital revolution, with reference to Seth Godin, Ken Robinson and Ivan Illich.
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Sugata Mitra and neoliberalism - 0 views

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    Sugata Mitra's edtech SOLES read as a nice training for the next generation of neoliberal flexible, short-term contract workers
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Sugata Mitra and the new educational Romanticism - a parody - 1 views

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    Sugata Mitra's discovery learning read as the nadir of educational Romanticism - a tradition launched by Rousseau
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The horticultural model of education in Ken Robinson and Sugata Mitra - 2 views

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    Critique of the horticultural model of education seen in the discourse of Sir Ken Robinson, Sugata Mitra and the teachers who put the verb "teach" in quotation marks.
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The child as empty vessel - emptiness and liberation pedagogy - 0 views

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    Defence of John Locke's idea of the child as an empty vessel (blank slate, tabula rasa, blank sheet of paper), and argument for emptiness (freedom) to be at the core of the curriculum in education
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The teacher as midwife - Socrates, Rousseau and 21st century pedagogy - 0 views

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    Critique of the 21st century pedagogy idea of the teacher as the guide of the side: is this Socrates's teacher-midwife or is it more like the guard of the cave?
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Sugata Mitra / Negroponte: Knowing is obsolete - a critical response - 1 views

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    Sugata Mitra: Knowing is obsolete (NIcholas Negroponte). Our critique of the pedagogy and philosophy of education.
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Personalised education in the UK - history and politics of personalisation in public ed... - 0 views

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    History and politics of personalised education in the UK from Thatcher to Miliband
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Sugata Mitra TED talk on edtech SOLE and empire - a critique - 0 views

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    Critique of the Feb 2013 Sugata Mitra TED talk about edtech and SOLE looking at the notion of empire and education.
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Sugata Mitra and outdoctrination - 0 views

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    How to help students move beyond dogma and narrow-mindedness? Is Sugata Mitra's idea of outdoctrination really the way forward?
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Personalising education in Greece - a reply to Mr Drivas - 0 views

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    Edtech is supposed to make new forms of personalisation and customisation of education possible. What might the plan to personalise education look like when viewed from the depths of the economic crisis?
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Edtech and learner autonomy - 0 views

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    Is digital edtech a boon to learner autonomy?
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Sir Ken Robinson's legacy - 0 views

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    Look at Sir Ken Robinson's contribution. Has he really moved thinking about education forward or just found a way to become a star of the infotainment world?
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