Teaching Contemporary Themes in Secondary Education: Technology, Culture, and Communication by Jonathan Savage and Clive McGoun explores the broad contexts and ideas that technology facilitates in our culture and considers what this means for teachers in practice. It aims to help educators develop understanding about, and pedagogy with, technology. The book includes:

  • The implications of new media and technology on 21st-century education
  • Guidance on choosing and using digital technologies, and how these affect
    the educational opportunities for young people
  • A consideration of students’ critical and creative thinking with digital media,
    and their confidence and autonomy in digital consumption and production
  • References to recent research to support practice
  • Links to resources and organizations that can offer support