Teachers vs Tech?

Why has educational technology, despite years of confident predictions, not yet reshaped how schools teach and children learn? Daisy Christodoulou takes up this question by examining where ed tech has fallen short and where it has delivered. Drawing on research, and writing from the perspective of someone working within education, she looks at a wide range of subjects, including the science of learning, assessment, personalised learning, and why teaching factual knowledge still matters.

The book looks at programmes from large commercial digital teaching brands alongside newer start-ups from around the world, weighing what has worked and what has not. Christodoulou also draws on her own time in the classroom and her wider involvement in the education community.

Her closing argument is for a future in which technology is designed alongside teachers' expertise, with the aim of improving outcomes for every learner.