Run, Computer, Run: The Mythology Of Educational Innovation
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At the height of the technological optimism of the late 1960s, a bold and penetrating critique dared to ask whether the computer revolution promised to schools was built on sand. Run, Computer, Run: The Mythology of Educational Innovation is a rigorous, unsentimental examination of the grand ambitions and sobering realities surrounding the introduction of technology into American classrooms. Anthony G. Oettinger, with the assistance of Sema Marks, chronicles the sweeping claims made by technologists, administrators, and policymakers, then systematically dismantles the myths that had come to dominate educational reform discourse — arguing that hardware and innovation alone cannot substitute for sound pedagogical foundations. Rooted in the tradition of Harvard scholarship, this landmark work presents a challenge that remains as urgent today as it was upon its first publication — namely, that the adoption of new tools without a clear-eyed understanding of educational goals is not progress, but distraction. Oettinger's prose is incisive and authoritative, wielding empirical analysis as a scalpel against the era's technocratic hubris. Praised by *The New York Times* as the most intelligent guidebook available on the difficulties to be overcome, this is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered whether the next great machine will finally fix what ails our schools — or merely repackage the same old myths in a shinier case.
Author: Anthony G. Oettinger
Format: Paperback
Published: 1969, Harvard University Press
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the height of the technological optimism of the late 1960s, a bold and penetrating critique dared to ask whether the computer revolution promised to schools was built on sand. Run, Computer, Run: The Mythology of Educational Innovation is a rigorous, unsentimental examination of the grand ambitions and sobering realities surrounding the introduction of technology into American classrooms. Anthony G. Oettinger, with the assistance of Sema Marks, chronicles the sweeping claims made by technologists, administrators, and policymakers, then systematically dismantles the myths that had come to dominate educational reform discourse — arguing that hardware and innovation alone cannot substitute for sound pedagogical foundations. Rooted in the tradition of Harvard scholarship, this landmark work presents a challenge that remains as urgent today as it was upon its first publication — namely, that the adoption of new tools without a clear-eyed understanding of educational goals is not progress, but distraction. Oettinger's prose is incisive and authoritative, wielding empirical analysis as a scalpel against the era's technocratic hubris. Praised by *The New York Times* as the most intelligent guidebook available on the difficulties to be overcome, this is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered whether the next great machine will finally fix what ails our schools — or merely repackage the same old myths in a shinier case.