Republic of noise : the loss of solitude in schools and culture /

Republic of noise : the loss of solitude in schools and culture /

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Author / Creator:	Senechal, Diana.
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Reflective learning. Classroom environment. Education -- Effect of technological innovations on. Solitude. Classroom environment. Education -- Effect of technological innovations on. Reflective learning. Solitude. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121354

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ISBN:	9781610484138 1610484134 1610484126 9781610484121 1283362376 9781283362375 9781610484114 1610484118
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	In this book, Diana Senechal confronts a culture that has come to depend on instant updates and communication at the expense of solitude. Schools today emphasize rapid group work and fragmented activity, not the thoughtful study of complex subjects. The Internet offers contact with others throughout the day and night; we lose the ability to be apart, even in our minds. Yet solitude plays an essential role in literature, education, democracy, relationships, and matters of conscience. Throughout its analyses and argument, the book calls not for drastic changes but for a subtle shift: an attitude.
Other form:	Print version: Senechal, Diana. Republic of noise. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, ©2012 9781610484114

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Chatter of the Present
Chapter 2. Definitions of Solitude
Chapter 3. Distraction: The Flip Side of Engagement
Chapter 4. Antigone: Literature as "Thinking Apart"
Chapter 5. The Workshop Model in New York City
Chapter 6. The Folly of the "Big Idea"
Chapter 7. The Cult of Success
Chapter 8. Mass Personalization and the "Underground Man"
Chapter 9. The Need for Loneliness
Chapter 10. The Practice of Solitude
Chapter 11. Discernment and the Public Sphere
Chapter 12. Conclusion: Setting up Shop.