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02263aam a2200397 a 4500 001 E6F823846A8A11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 110808s2012 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011030757 020 $a 0739169890 (electronic) 020 $a 9780739169896 (electronic) 020 $a 0739169882 (hardback) 020 $a 9780739169889 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)742512240 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LC1011 .M75 2012 082 00 $a 370.11/2 $2 23 084 $a EDU015000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Moss, Mark Howard, $d 1962- 245 10 $a Education and its discontents : $b teaching, the humanities, and the importance of a liberal education in the age of mass information / $c Mark Moss. 260 $a Lanham, Md. : $b Lexington Books, $c c2012. 300 $a xxv, 185 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Education and Its Discontents: Teaching, the Humanities, and the Importance of a Liberal Education in the Age of Mass Information, by Mark Moss, is an exploration of how the traditional educational environment, particularly in the post-secondary world, is changing as a consequence of the influx of new technology. Students now have access to myriad of technologies that instead of supplementing the educational process, have actually taken it over. Faculty who do not adapt face enormous obstacles, and those who do adapt run the risk of eroding the integrity of what they have been trained to teach. Moss discusses that it is now not only how we learn, but what we continue to teach, and how that enormously important legacy is protected"-- Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Education, Humanistic $z United States. 650 0 $a Humanities $x Study and teaching (Higher) $z United States. 650 0 $a Education $x Effect of technological innovations on $z United States. 650 7 $a EDUCATION / Higher $2 bisacsh 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://covers.rowmanlittlefield.com/L/07/391/0739169882.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825041921.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6F823846A8A11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search