Root-metaphors for understanding: A framework for teachers and teacher educators of information and communication technologies

Authors:
Brent Kilbourn;Isabel Álvarez
Affiliations:
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada;Department of Systematic and Social Pedagogy, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Venue:
Computers & Education
Year:
2008

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Abstract

This paper argues for understanding ICT from the standpoint of philosophical world views. We present a framework, based on Pepper's root-metaphors (Formism, Contextualism, Mechanism, Organicism, and Animism/Mysticism) and we illustrate the use of the framework by looking at a common example of ICT: e-mail. It is argued that such a framework is potentially helpful to ICT teachers, especially when they work with pre-service education students who are struggling with how to integrate ICT critically into their future classrooms.