The New Childhood by Jordan Shapiro
A provocative look at the new, digital landscape of childhood and how to navigate it.
In The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro provides a hopeful counterpoint to the fearful hand-wringing that has come to define our narrative around children and technology. Drawing on groundbreaking research in economics, psychology, philosophy, and education, The New Childhood shows how technology is guiding humanity toward a bright future in which our children will be able to create new, better models of global citizenship, connection, and community.
Shapiro offers concrete, practical advice on how to parent and educate children effectively in a connected world, and provides tools and techniques for using technology to engage with kids and help them learn and grow. He compares this moment in time to other great technological revolutions in humanity's past and presents entertaining micro-histories of cultural fixtures: the sandbox, finger painting, the family dinner, and more. But most importantly, The New Childhood paints a timely, inspiring and positive picture of today's children, recognizing that they are poised to create a progressive, diverse, meaningful, and hyper-connected world that today's adults can only barely imagine.
In The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro provides a hopeful counterpoint to the fearful hand-wringing that has come to define our narrative around children and technology. Drawing on groundbreaking research in economics, psychology, philosophy, and education, The New Childhood shows how technology is guiding humanity toward a bright future in which our children will be able to create new, better models of global citizenship, connection, and community.
Shapiro offers concrete, practical advice on how to parent and educate children effectively in a connected world, and provides tools and techniques for using technology to engage with kids and help them learn and grow. He compares this moment in time to other great technological revolutions in humanity's past and presents entertaining micro-histories of cultural fixtures: the sandbox, finger painting, the family dinner, and more. But most importantly, The New Childhood paints a timely, inspiring and positive picture of today's children, recognizing that they are poised to create a progressive, diverse, meaningful, and hyper-connected world that today's adults can only barely imagine.
Jordan Shapiro, PhD, is an internationally recognized American thinker. He is presently a Senior Fellow at Sesame Workshop's Joan Ganz Cooney Center and a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Global Economic and Development program. He is the author of The New Childhood and teaches in Temple University's Intellectual Heritage Program. From 2012 to 2017, he authored a blog for Forbes on global education, digital play, and family life. He and his two sons live in Philadelphia. Jordan Shapiro's Twitter handle is @jordosh, and his website is www.jordanshapiro.org.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316437240 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316437247 |
| Title | The New Childhood |
| Author | Jordan Shapiro |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Spark |
| Year published | 2018-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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