Do Corporate Owned Adaptive Learning Platforms Perpetuate Banking Style Learning? Integrating Technology for Activism into Transformational Sustainability Education

Authors

Tina M. Garner, Portland State UniversityFollow

Sponsor

Graduate School of Education: Educational Leadership & Policy

Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

8-19-2019

Subjects

Educational philosophy, Holistic education, Sustainable development -- Study and teaching

Abstract

We live in a world that tends to be controlled by corporations. The public school system should be wary of the problems that corporate control has on education. Even though public schools should not have corporate influence, the fact remains that they do, and this perpetuates Freire's banking style learning. Through time, the corporate influence in education was through educational materials such as book sales. Since the decline of the use of books and the growth of the use of technologies, corporations have followed suit through the sales of Adaptive Learning Platforms. Through leveraging the technology which students enjoy using, corporate control remains intact. Unfortunately, the use of technology in this way moves students away from creating a more sustainable world. As sustainability educators, we can leverage technology in a way that improves the connection to peers and nature while fostering student activism.

Description

Faculty advisor: Dilafruz Williams

Recommended Citation

Garner, Tina M., "Do Corporate Owned Adaptive Learning Platforms Perpetuate Banking Style Learning? Integrating Technology for Activism into Transformational Sustainability Education" (2019). Leadership for Sustainability Education Comprehensive Papers. 14.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29585