Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates by Neil Selwyn, London: Continuum, 2011

Abstract

The bookconsiders the key issues in the field of educational technology, and addresses some fundamental but often unconvinced questions about the ever-growing use of technology in education. It focuses on the social as well as technical aspect of these issues, giving careful thought to the people, practice, processes and structures behind the use of technology in education. Some of the key issues and debates considered in the book are: will technology replace school or a university? Can technology address the many educational problems and inequality faced by people around the world? Does technology make learning fairer? What do we really know about learning and technology? Selwyn takes a critical look at some of the major debate concerning digital technology and education.

The book consists of eight chapters;each chapter provides a useful explanation as well as opportunities to exploreideas further with a well-chosen and digestible reading list and further questions for thereader to consider.In the opening chapter Selwyn attempts working definitions of Education andTechnology and reminds us that technology should be used to allow us to explore otherwise impossible tasks, or do them more efficiently, but he concludes that this is notalways the case in practice.

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