Document Type
Issue Area Two
Abstract
With the advancement of technology, the world has changed drastically in the last 30 years. Computers capable of doing only the simplest calculations have evolved from the size of a small room to a micro-chip with an ever-expanding and diverse capability. Advances in technology and science have discovered and developed ever-increasing methods to improve upon or manipulate nature. Today the average Iowa family has more choices to make in a single day than what the same size family made in a week just 30 years ago. This technological advancement is driven by, paid for, and demanded by our free market system and expanding world economy.
What role have the schools played in this rapid technological expansion? Certainly our universities, sometimes funded by private enterprise or government contract, have been on the cutting edge of technological developments. But what is the role of today's K-12 school system? What has it done in the past and what must it implement today to prepare the student of tomorrow for a life of unknown demands and rewards? This future life course is charted by the unsettling prediction that the average American worker may change occupations or careers five times in a lifetime.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
62
Last Page
64
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1996 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Molln, Rick
(1996)
"Advanced Technology: A Crutch or a Tool?,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 19.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol6/iss1/19
