Just published: Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope. 2016. "New Media and Productive Diversity in Learning." Pp. 310-235 in Diversity in Der Lehrerinnenbildung, edited by S. Barsch and N. Glutsch. Münster, Germany: Waxmann.

Schools first took their classical modern form in the era of mass media. Th ey align with the socio-cultural logic of these media. In fact, as communications architectures, they are themselves instances of early modern media. Both classical modern schools and the mass media presuppose a relative sameness among their audiences and students. We call the underlying pedagogical and epistemic forms of classical modern schools “didactic/mimetic”.

We propose an alternative to classical modern schooling that we call, by contrast, “reflexive/inclusive”. The pedagogical and epistemic forms that underlie reflexive/inclusive education are not new. In fact, the critique of didactic/mimetic pedagogy is as old as modernity itself. However, new media make a refl exive/inclusive pedagogy more practicable. Reflexive/inclusive pedagogy also aligns with the spirit of new media and the sensibilities of today’s learners. Both new media and new learning replace a regime of imposed sameness with socio-cultural systems that require the negotiation
of diversity.

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New Media and Productive Diversity in Learning