Educating the Postmodern Child: The Struggle for Learning in a World of Virtual

Description: Educating the Postmodern Child by Dr Fiachra Long Traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age, drawing on a range of philosophical thinkers. The author explores the difficult construction of childhood in todays society, looking at issues including child space and child empowerment, globality, tactility, talent, and visibility. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Educating the Postmodern Child traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age. Fiachra Long explores the construction of childhood in todays society arguing that the postmodern child is exposed to the public world before its time and he explores the significance of this public/ private shift.Issues considered include education, appearance, space, empowerment, globality, tactility, talent, and visibility. After setting the context, each chapter uses a phenomenological approach to describe experiences common across computer-literate children today. Chapters draw on sources in the history of ideas to critique the situation described, provide a rich combination of educational and philosophical theory and apply some speculative concepts to the situation of children. Author Biography Fiachra Long is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University College Cork, Ireland. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsSeries Editor PrefaceForewordPart I: Context1. Childhood and the Child2. Childs Play3. Empowering the Child in PostmodernityPart II: Appearances4. The Global Child5. Talent6. Tactility7. Visibility8. InvisibilityPart III: Education9. Vapour Trails and Noise10. The Ambassadors Secret11. Mind Games and Philosophy12. ConclusionBibliographyIndex Review This exciting exploration of the world of the child in our time draws on Fiachra Longs immense erudition and on his many years experience as a philosopher and teacher. Based on careful reading of historical and contemporary literature taken from many sources, Educating the Postmodern Child gives evidence of the authors personal engagement with the issues that he addresses. Fiachra Long succeeds in showing that scholarly inquiry can in fact be extraordinarily interesting. The volume therefore deserves to be read not only by those within the philosophical and educational communities but also by parents and by young people themselves. * Kevin Williams, Senior Lecturer in Education, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland *Fiachra Longs elegant prose teases out the complexities of the postmodern child, offering unique insights and extending the field of childhood studies in new directions. This ground-breaking book challenges the consumer mind-set so prevalent in contemporary education and it cements the case for philosophy in education - a philosophy that can enable the young to navigate the borders between history and un-history, past and future, originality and community, private and public, and memory and experience as they try to find their own place in an old world. The reconceptualization of childhood in this innovative book points to the need for scholars of education to engage in rigorous thinking about the fundamental purposes and practices of education.Written by a well-established scholar in an incisive, philosophical style, it is at once challenging and accessible. It will appeal to a wide audience from general readers to academic scholars in the fields of childhood, education, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies. * Kathy Hall, Professor of Education, University College Cork, Ireland * Promotional Traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age, drawing on a range of philosophical thinkers. Long Description Educating the Postmodern Child traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age. Fiachra Long explores the difficult construction of childhood in todays society, looking at issues including child space and child empowerment, globality, tactility, talent, and visibility. Arguing that a key danger for young people is the eclipse of the public arena and their withdrawal into a private world, he asks whether philosophy can offer an antidote to the uncertain landscape of childhood, enabling children to locate themselves within postmodern culture. Chapters take a phenomenological approach, beginning with a case study or by invoking an experience common across computer literate children today, and draw on historical sources to critique the situation, providing a rich combination of educational and philosophical theory and incorporating some relatively new speculative concepts. > Review Quote This exciting exploration of the world of the child in our time draws on Fiachra Longs immense erudition and on his many years experience as a philosopher and teacher. Based on careful reading of historical and contemporary literature taken from many sources, Educating the Postmodern Child gives evidence of the authors personal engagement with the issues that he addresses. Fiachra Long succeeds in showing that scholarly inquiry can in fact be extraordinarily interesting. The volume therefore deserves to be read not only by those within the philosophical and educational communities but also by parents and by young people themselves. Promotional "Headline" Traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age, drawing on a range of philosophical thinkers. Feature Each chapter includes a higher level section for those wishing to explore philosophical concepts further. Details ISBN1441103872 Year 2012 ISBN-10 1441103872 ISBN-13 9781441103871 Media Book Subtitle The Struggle for Learning in a World of Virtual Realities Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Short Title EDUCATING THE POSTMODERN CHILD Language English DOI CBID157208 Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 208 DEWEY 370.1 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA Translated from English NZ Release Date 2012-11-22 US Release Date 2012-11-22 UK Release Date 2012-11-22 Format Hardcover Author Dr Fiachra Long Publication Date 2012-11-22 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2012-10-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:48424100;

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