The anti-education era : creating smarter students through digital learning - Gee, James Paul. (New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
Preface -- Orwell's question : why are humans so stupid? -- How to be stupid. Short-circuiting the circuit of human reflective action -- The limits of human memory -- Mental comfort stories -- Lack of context -- Lack of experience -- Pitfalls along our search for status and solidarity -- Words gone awry -- Lack of agency -- Institutions and frozen thought -- Fact-free stories that sound good -- Imagined kin -- Lonely groups of one -- When not to trust experts -- Evading knowledge -- Flight from complexity -- How to get smart before it's too late. Inclusive we : how we can all get smarter together -- Big minds, not little minds -- Mind visions and new, better worlds -- Synchronized intelligence: getting our minds and tools in synch -- Interlude to forestall possible misunderstandings -- Getting smarter before it's too late.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.
Keywords: Computer-assisted instruction -- United States; Education -- Effect of technological innovations on; Digital communications; Education -- Aims and objectives; Educational leadership