Authors
George Bulman, Robert W Fairlie
Publication date
2016/1/1
Book
Handbook of the Economics of Education
Volume
5
Pages
239-280
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families, and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary contexts in which technology may be used for educational purposes: (i) classroom use in schools and (ii) home use by students. Theoretically, information and communications technology (ICT) investment and computer-aided instruction (CAI) use by schools and the use of computers at home have ambiguous implications for educational achievement: expenditures devoted to technology necessarily offset inputs that may be more or less efficient, and time allocated to using technology may displace traditional classroom instruction and educational activities at home. However, much of the evidence in the schooling …
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G Bulman, RW Fairlie - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2016