How Computers Entered the Classroom, 1960–2000
How Computers Entered the Classroom, 1960–2000

Author: Carmen Flury

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2023-06-19

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 3110780283

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In the history of education, the question of how computers were introduced into European classrooms has so far been largely neglected. This edited volume strives to address this gap. The contributions shed light on the computerization of education from a historical perspective, by attending closely to the different actors involved – such as politicians, computer manufacturers, teachers, and students –, political rationales and ideologies, as well as financial, political, or organizational structures and relations. The case studies highlight differences in political and economic power, as well as in ideological reasoning and the priorities set by different stakeholders in the process of introducing computers into education. However, the contributions also demonstrate that simple cold war narratives fail to capture the complex dynamics and entanglements in the history of computers as an educational technology and a subject taught in schools. The edited volume thus provides a comprehensive historical understanding of the role of education in an emerging digital society.

Cross National Policies and Practices on Computers in Education
Cross National Policies and Practices on Computers in Education

Author: Tjeerd Plomp

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-19

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 058532767X

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This book presents some of the results from the second stage of lEA's study of Computers in Education (CompEd). lEA, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, conducts international comparative studies focussing on educational achievement, practices, and policies in various countries and education systems around the world. It has a Secretariat located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. lEA studies have reported on a wide range of topics, each contributing to a deeper understanding of educational processes. The CompEd study is a project that sheds light on the way computers have been introduced in education and on how they are being used across the world today. The study proceeded in two stages with data collected for stage 1 in 1989 and for stage 2 in 1992. Results from both stages have been published in a variety of publications. This book reports about a special part of the study. Student achievement and school processes come into being in the context of the structure and the policies of national (or regional) education systems. The variety found in the CompEd results led us to ask how much might be explained by differences in these national or regional contexts. That is the reason the CompEd study took the initiative to invite the countries participating in the study, as well as some other countries that have had interesting developments in the domain of educational computers, to write a chapter describing their policies and practices regarding computers in education.

New Information Technologies
New Information Technologies

Author: Carla Fasano

Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

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Issues concerning the introduction of information technology in education were studied as part of a project sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The following areas were explored: policies for schools and higher education and the context for the policies; implementation strategies; the impact on learning; the impact on teachers, teaching, and the curriculum; the impact on budgets, structures, and students; and possible futures. Educational responses to the challenge of new information technologies that have originated outside the formal educational sector are described, including programs for the general public and young people, and telecommunication-based projects. Strategies of policy implementation in primary and secondary education concern equipment, software, curriculum, and teacher training. Higher education uses information technology to provide computer assisted instruction and to deliver professional continuing education. Additional topics include: the impact of information technology on learning processes (reading, writing, and mathematics learning); cognitive prerequisites of computer programming; partnerships to promote information technology (e.g., between schools and universities); the use of technology in management and employment, and distance learning. (SW)

Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Mathematical Education
Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Mathematical Education

Author: M. Zweng

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 740

ISBN-13: 1468482238

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Henry O. Pollak Chairman of the International Program Committee Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA The Fourth International Congress on Mathematics Education was held in Berkeley, California, USA, August 10-16, 1980. Previous Congresses were held in Lyons in 1969, Exeter in 1972, and Karlsruhe in 1976. Attendance at Berkeley was about 1800 full and 500 associate members from about 90 countries; at least half of these come from outside of North America. About 450 persons participated in the program either as speakers or as presiders; approximately 40 percent of these came from the U.S. or Canada. There were four plenary addresses; they were delivered by Hans Freudenthal on major problems of mathematics education, Hermina Sinclair on the relationship between the learning of language and of mathematics, Seymour Papert on the computer as carrier of mathematical culture, and Hua Loo-Keng on popularising and applying mathematical methods. Gearge Polya was the honorary president of the Congress; illness prevented his planned attendence but he sent a brief presentation entitled, "Mathematics Improves the Mind". There was a full program of speakers, panelists, debates, miniconferences, and meetings of working and study groups. In addition, 18 major projects from around the world were invited to make presentations, and various groups representing special areas of concern had the opportunity to meet and to plan their future activities.

Information Technology and the Training of Skilled Workers in the Service Sector
Information Technology and the Training of Skilled Workers in the Service Sector

Author: Angela Dirrheimer

Publisher: Berlin : European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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CEDEFOP pub. Research report based on a survey carried out in France, Germany, Federal Republic and the UK on the vocational training needed by office workers in the service sector in view of computerization and information technology - comments on changes in job content and occupational qualifications; selects teaching methods for initial training, EDP familiarization, microcomputers and word processing as well as training courses providing job-related further training leading to skill certification. Bibliography.