Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry
In this article, we discuss two possible futures for educational technologies and personalized learning. One is dominated by corporate products of programmed instruction in which “personalization” is strictly limited to the pace of consumption of the materials, with students unable to have any choic...
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| description | In this article, we discuss two possible futures for educational technologies and personalized learning. One is dominated by corporate products of programmed instruction in which “personalization” is strictly limited to the pace of consumption of the materials, with students unable to have any choice in terms of content or approaches. On the other end of the spectrum, maker education offers a different way to use technology, enabling students novel forms of expression and of agentic participation in today’s world. We conclude by warning about the appropriation of the discourse of progressive education by producers of systems of programmed instruction, and pointing out that there is, at the intersection of maker education and Freirean approches, a more promising future for educational technologies. |
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| spelling | ojs-article-160622024-11-25T11:49:33Z Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry Educação personalizada não é educação emancipadora: a apropriação do discurso de Paulo Freire pela indústria da tecnologia educacional Blikstein, Paulo Blikstein, Paulo Paulo Freire Constructionism Educational technologies Paulo Freire Construcionismo Tecnologia Educacional In this article, we discuss two possible futures for educational technologies and personalized learning. One is dominated by corporate products of programmed instruction in which “personalization” is strictly limited to the pace of consumption of the materials, with students unable to have any choice in terms of content or approaches. On the other end of the spectrum, maker education offers a different way to use technology, enabling students novel forms of expression and of agentic participation in today’s world. We conclude by warning about the appropriation of the discourse of progressive education by producers of systems of programmed instruction, and pointing out that there is, at the intersection of maker education and Freirean approches, a more promising future for educational technologies. Nesse artigo, discutimos dois futuros possíveis para as tecnologias educacionais e para a educação personalizada. Um é dominado por produtos corporativos de instrução programada em que a “personalização” é rigorosamente limitada ao ritmo de consumo dos materiais, sem que os alunos tenham qualquer escolha de conteúdos ou abordagens. Em um campo diametralmente oposto, encontramos na educação maker um uso de tecnologia que oferece a estudantes novas formas de expressão e de participação agêntica no mundo atual. Concluímos alertando para a apropriação do discurso educacional progressista por produtores desses sistemas de instrução programada e apontando que há, na intersecção da educação maker com o pensamento de Paulo Freire, um futuro mais promissor para as tecnologias educacionais. Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2021-12-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artigo convidado Text Artigo convidado Texto application/pdf https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tsc/article/view/16062 10.20396/tsc.v8i2.16062 Tecnologias, Sociedade e Conhecimento; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): Special issue to celebrate Paulo Freire’s Birth Centenary; e024008-24 Tecnologias, Sociedade e Conhecimento; Vol. 8 Núm. 2 (2021): Edição temática sobre o Centenário de Nascimento de Paulo Freire; e024008-24 Tecnologias, Sociedade e Conhecimento; Vol. 8 No 2 (2021): Edição temática sobre o Centenário de Nascimento de Paulo Freire; e024008-24 Tecnologias, Sociedade e Conhecimento; v. 8 n. 2 (2021): Edição temática sobre o Centenário de Nascimento de Paulo Freire; e024008-24 2318-8839 por https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tsc/article/view/16062/11293 Global; Contemporary Global; Contemporâneo Copyright (c) 2022 Tecnologias, Sociedade e Conhecimento http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| spellingShingle | Blikstein, Paulo Blikstein, Paulo Paulo Freire Constructionism Educational technologies Paulo Freire Construcionismo Tecnologia Educacional Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry |
| title | Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry |
| title_full | Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry |
| title_fullStr | Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry |
| title_short | Personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how Paulo Freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry |
| title_sort | personalized learning is not emancipatory learning: how paulo freire’s discourse is being appropriated by the educational technology industry |
| topic | Paulo Freire Constructionism Educational technologies Paulo Freire Construcionismo Tecnologia Educacional |
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