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New technologies are dramatically changing early childhood education in the twenty-first century, as well as the face of childhood itself. Access to new technologies - in the Western world at least-provide young children with a myriad of possible activities and explorations that were not possible even a few years ago. But how can we explain and understand the nature of these differences and explore their implication for education? And how are the broader personal and social experiences of young children affected by these new classroom technologies?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #555986 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

From the Back Cover

New technologies are dramatically changing the face of education and the nature of childhood itself. In Shift to the Future, Nicola Yelland examines the ways in which these technologies are reshaping the social, personal, and educational experiences of childhood, and explores the curricular revisions such changes demand. With a focus on the various information and communications technologies (ICTs) available to young students and the possibilities these ICTs offer for teaching and learning, Shift to the Future provides inspiring examples of teachers who have innovatively incorporated new technologies into their classrooms to engage their students in contemporary times.

About the Author
Nicola Yelland is Professor of Education in the School of Education at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. She is series editor of Routledge's Changing Images of Early Childhood series.