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.

ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education
ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education

Author: Kathryn Toure

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2008-07-15

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9956715085

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The debate is no longer whether to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in education in Africa but how to do so, and how to ensure equitable access for teachers and learners, whether in urban or rural settings. This is a book about how Africans adopt and adapt ICT. It is also about how ICT shape African schools and classrooms. Why do we use ICT, or not? Do girls and boys use them in the same ways? How are teachers and students in primary and secondary schools in Africa using ICT in teaching and learning? How does the process transform relations among learners, educators and knowledge construction? This collection by 19 researchers from Africa, Europe, and North America, explores these questions from a pedagogical perspective and specific socio-cultural contexts. Many of the contributors draw on learning theory and survey data from 36 schools, 66000 students and 3000 teachers. The book is rich in empirical detail on the perceived importance and appropriation of ICT in the development of education in Africa. It critically examines the potential for creative use of ICT to question habits, change mindsets, and deepen practice. The contributions are in both English and French.

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Publisher: Odile Jacob

Published:

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 2738187463

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Medieval Studies
Medieval Studies

Author: James M. Powell

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 1992-08-01

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780815625568

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In addition to sections devoted to Latin paleography, diplomatics, computer-assisted research, numismatics, archaeology, problems in chronology, and prospography, this text describes state-of-the-art research methodology and critical approaches to English literature, Latin philosophies, law, science, art and music.

French Super Review
French Super Review

Author: The Editors of REA

Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0738665193

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Get all you need to know with Super Reviews! Each Super Review is packed with in-depth, student-friendly topic reviews that fully explain everything about the subject. The French Super Review includes the sounds of French, cognates, numbers, nouns and articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions, basic idiomatic expressions, and useful vocabulary words. Take the Super Review quizzes to see how much you've learned - and where you need more study. Makes an excellent study aid and textbook companion. Great for self-study! DETAILS - From cover to cover, each in-depth topic review is easy-to-follow and easy-to-grasp - Perfect when preparing for homework, quizzes, and exams! - Review questions after each topic that highlight and reinforce key areas and concepts - Student-friendly language for easy reading and comprehension - Includes quizzes that test your understanding of the subject

Pedagogical Appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by West African Educators
Pedagogical Appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by West African Educators

Author: Toure, Kathryn

Publisher: Langaa RPCIG

Published: 2016-08-06

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9956763780

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West African teachers and professors who are appropriating information and communication technologies (ICT) are making it part and parcel of education and everyday life. In Mali and beyond, they adapt ICT to their milieus and work as cultural agents, mediating between technology and society. They yearn to use ICT to make education more relevant to life, facilitate and enhance African participation in global debates and scholarly production, and evolve how Africa and Africans are projected and perceived. In sum, educators are harnessing ICT for its transformative possibilities. The changes apparent in student-teacher relations (more interactive) and classrooms (more dialogical) suggest that ICT can be a catalyst for pedagogical change, including in document-poor contexts and ones weighed down by legacies of colonialism. Learning from the perspectives and experiences of educators pioneering the use of ICT in education in Africa can inform educational theory, practice and policy and deepen understandings of the concept of appropriation as a process of cultural change.

Education Law and Policy in an Urban Society
Education Law and Policy in an Urban Society

Author: Piet Akkermans

Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published: 1999-05-27

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9041111468

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Just how fascinating the discussion between the disciplines of education law and education policy can be was apparent at the ‘Annual Congress of the European Education Law and Policy Association (ELA) in Rotterdam in December 1997. Although, on this occasion, the option was for an education policy subject, a multidisciplinary approach is always to be preferred. Policy-makers interrogate lawyers; lawyers question scientists from other fields of study and lines of practice. It was, at the same time, a further illustration of how inspiring and productive - in the context of the European Union at any rate - comparative analyses can be for national and international education and social policy. The theme of the 1997 Congress and consequently of this Yearbook, was urban education policy and its legal form as the touchstone of the modern interpretation of individual and social rights. This collection of thought-provoking essays and country reports thus centres on the question: what challenges for education do urban associations represent?

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.

Utility, Usability and Complexity of E-Information Systems
Utility, Usability and Complexity of E-Information Systems

Author: François Bodart

Publisher: Presses universitaires de Namur

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 2870374321

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Jusqu’il y a peu l ‘informatique se cantonnait à améliorer le fonctionnement des organisations, supportant à la fois ses activités opérationnelles, de gestion et de décision. Aujourd’hui l’apparition des e-systèmes (e-Business, e-administration, e-learning, ...) nous plonge dans une réalité beaucoup plus complexe. Cette complexité tient à la fois aux alliances technologiques qui supportent ces e-systèmes : technologies mobiles, informatique, multimédia, biométrie, ... Mais elle tient surtout à la variété des utilisateurs visés par ces nouveaux systèmes et à l’intégration entre sphère privée et sphère professionnelle qu’ils augurent. Pour nous aider à comprendre ces e-systèmes, des spécialistes d’envergure internationale, réunis autour du Professeur François Bodart, présentent dans cet ouvrage leurs regards croisés sur l’utilité et l’utilisabilité de ces nouveaux systèmes. Un ouvrage incontournable pour tous ceux qui s’intéressent aux enjeux technologiques, organisationnels et de Société de notre futur informatique.