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Author : Ann Jones
Publisher : Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,45 MB
Release : 1993-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN :

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`I found this book stimulating and easy to read and would encourage anyone who is concerned with distance education to read it' - Computer Education `Interesting, informative and clearly written. It is a rich source of material on several fronts. Some of its value comes from its broad perspective, some from it being a detailed case' - Open Praxis This book is about the convergence of two important streams of educational innovation: distance education and the educational use of personal computers (PCs). During the 1970s and 1980s, distance education became a significant aspect of the post-school educational provision of many countries. Every indication is that this trend will con

Author : Paul F. Merrill
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
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Designed to help teachers use computer technology to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the educational process. In retaining its organization according to a three-fold taxonomy - Tutor, Tool, and Tutee, this text provides some organization to the myriad of possible computer applications in education.

Author : Helga A. H. Rowe
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Computer-assisted instruction
ISBN :

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A book for teachers and others concerned with integrating computing into the broader school curriculum. Divided into four parts: Part 1 provides a theoretical framework for learning and teaching with computers; Part 2 tackles the problems associated with acquisition of computer literacy; Part 3 describes an empirical study of the Sunrise project at Coombabah in Queensland; and Part 4 is concerned with teachers' professional development. Contains an extensive bibliography and index.

Author : Larry Cuban
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 0674253574

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Impelled by a demand for increasing American strength in the new global economy, many educators, public officials, business leaders, and parents argue that school computers and Internet access will improve academic learning and prepare students for an information-based workplace. But just how valid is this argument? In Oversold and Underused, one of the most respected voices in American education argues that when teachers are not given a say in how the technology might reshape schools, computers are merely souped-up typewriters and classrooms continue to run much as they did a generation ago. In his studies of early childhood, high school, and university classrooms in Silicon Valley, Larry Cuban found that students and teachers use the new technologies far less in the classroom than they do at home, and that teachers who use computers for instruction do so infrequently and unimaginatively. Cuban points out that historical and organizational economic contexts influence how teachers use technical innovations. Computers can be useful when teachers sufficiently understand the technology themselves, believe it will enhance learning, and have the power to shape their own curricula. But these conditions can't be met without a broader and deeper commitment to public education beyond preparing workers. More attention, Cuban says, needs to be paid to the civic and social goals of schooling, goals that make the question of how many computers are in classrooms trivial.

Author : Seymour A Papert
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 154167510X

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In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.

Author : Arthur Tatnall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 364255119X

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This book is a collection of refereed invited papers on the history of computing in education from the 1970s to the mid-1990s presenting a social history of the introduction and early use of computers in schools. The 30 papers deal with the introduction of computer in schools in many countries around the world: Norway, South Africa, UK, Canada, Australia, USA, Finland, Chile, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Ireland, Israel and Poland. The authors are not professional historians but rather people who as teachers, students or researchers were involved in this history and they narrate their experiences from a personal perspective offering fascinating stories.