The Challenge with Educational Transformation

Matthew Etherington

Journal of Culture and Values in Education Vol. 2, No. 1 (May 13, 2019) pp. 96–112

The digital culture is a challenge for a sustainable future because it adopts the same values embraced by proponents of the Industrial Period of the 18th century. The digital culture, in the same way as the industrial culture, promote the values of...

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E-Learning Pedagogy in the Primary School Classroom: The McDonaldization of Education

Matthew Etherington

Australian Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 33, No. 5 (October 2008)

This paper begins as an initial rejoinder to the ideas expressed by Ross (2000) in The Promise and Perils of E-Learning: A critical look at the new technology. In his article, Ross supports the traditional practices of pedagogy at the primary school ...