I was a little unclear on exactly what this timeline was about; available technology and learning theories or political agendas? Trying to construct a timeline by taking into account technological developments; theoretical developments and paradigm shifts (such as in psychology, sociology and cultural studies); changes in political and policy direction, was a bit of a challenge. I could do with some sort of 3-D model to show how I view things, but this will have to do…
I have spent quite a lot of time on this activity already and have found it very interesting, but I need to draw it to an end for the time being. There are still many theories I would like to bring in, but space and time forbid!
However, there are obviously limits to this type of ‘timeline’ model, making it difficult to ‘fit things in boxes’. There also appears to be a plethora of published research carried out from the mid eighties and much of this may be linked to the knowledge being available and being easily shared, through the use of technology. It is also difficult to say which research feeds which policies, as the time delay between ‘gaining knowledge’ and ‘actual implementation’ could vary substantially, depending on whatever other policies are on the drawing board at the time.
Just as an aside, while I was checking a date for this, I came across this
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/14/16/ee.pdf
Anyone who thinks they are being radical and ‘new’ in how they would like to change education, well, that’s what Dewey was doing such a long time ago. Very interesting article, but not, I realise, with much to link it with the technology themes being discussed?
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