A paradigm to evolve curricula in colleges of education to encompass education
technology
Education technology is a source of confusion and complexity that needs to
achieve coherence and integration. Doll’s past-modern curriculum theory shows us
that we need to consider this not as a problem, but as the normal process of
curriculum development. The goal then is not to develop a new curriculum, but to
provide mythology to evolve curriculum.
It will be years, probably decades, before information networks exist as a
ubiquitous tool in education. The extent of the impact cannot be known. But, it is
apparent that this is a course we will travel. We need changing curricula for
running the course. This is not a new curriculum. It is a method to evolve the
Colleges of education cannot afford to isolate education technology in
separate degree programs, or offer specialized courses at the expense of integrating
education technology into the whole of the curricula. This affects all stakeholders --
administrators, faculty, students, graduates, the college, the university, and the
We can’t build curricula for information networks because they don’t exist.
We can’t afford not to build curricula for information networks because they are
rapidly developing. We need to look backward and forward -- we are post-modern.
Somewhere in here is my research question. Where?
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