In this article, Ong explains the relationship between communication and education that extends deep into the history of Western civilization.\u00a0 Teachers are interested in this relationship because education is produced through communication; educators, in the present, communicate knowledge from past experience for the future.\u00a0 It stands, then, that teachers are extremely concerned with communication\u00a0 and its process.<\/p>\n
Starting with the Classical Age, Ong describes the oral tradition of education that was later converted to a manuscript tradition in the Middle Ages (a topic also discussed in “Space and Intellect in Renaissance Symbolism”<\/a>).\u00a0 The printed word completed the conversion from the oral tradition and education reached its peak.\u00a0 Orality, however, has come back in fashion and, when paired with the printed word, has produced new complexities.\u00a0 The focus on oral technique and sound is working its way back into education as well as business and life in general, without excluding the visual and printed word.<\/p>\n The re-introduction of sound adds a personal aspect to a culture that the visual alone cannot provide.\u00a0 Sound presents an interior, while vision only allows the exterior.\u00a0 The new technologies offer this personal element to the culture, especially through television.\u00a0 As a result, the human person is receiving more attention because of our heightened technological culture.<\/p>\n Ong states that merely using the new technologies to educate is not the answer; instead, we must understand how these technologies influence culture.\u00a0 Also, educators are not to throw out language and literature, for such things are still needed.\u00a0 What is of the age that has not been the focus before is the emphasis on dialogue or vocal exchange between persons.\u00a0 This is the effect of new technologies on communication and, ultimately, on education.<\/p>\n Mark E. Johnson In this article, Ong explains the relationship between communication and education that extends deep into the history of Western civilization.\u00a0 Teachers are interested in this relationship because education is produced through communication; educators, in the present, communicate knowledge from past experience for the future.\u00a0 It stands, then, that teachers are extremely concerned with communication\u00a0 and … Continue reading Annotation: Wired for Sound: Teaching, Communications, and Technological Culture<\/span>
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