EAN: 9780387328218

HUMANS-WITH-MEDIA AND THE REORGANIZATION OF MAT...

As we enter into the 21Century  the presence of technology  particularly techno-science  in
everyday life is overwhelming. Institutions in the modem world are affected by this presence.
Like Janus  the ancient Roman god whose double-faced head signified his knowledge of the
present and the future  education has always been a two-faced enterprise. The past establishes
goals and methods of Education  and the other face tries to capture the future and suggests and
proposes new directions of thought and new styles of behavior for the generation which  in a
few years  will take over both routines and societal innovation. History tells us that this
face of Education has always been sensitive to emerging technologies. Technologies of
communication and information have been particularly influential in new directions of society 
in particular of education. The transition from orality to writing marked a new role for the
teacher. From the sole repository of accumulated knowledge  the teacher became a guide and
interpreter of registered knowledge. The emergence of hardware  in the form of documents and
books  initiated a companionship between teacher and hardware. It is also remarkable how the
emergence of writing strengthened individual memory  contrary to the concerns of Thamus when
Theuth explained to him the discovery of writing. The conservative king was afraid that the new
invention would implant forgetfulness in the souls of men.

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