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The worldwide use of computers : a description of main trends
Pelgrum, Willem J. and Plomp, Tjeerd (1993) The worldwide use of computers : a description of main trends. Computers & Education, 20 (4). pp. 323-332. ISSN 0360-1315
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| Abstract: | This paper examines some of the main findings from the IEA Computers in Education survey. The results show that with respect to the future of computers in education there is reason for optimism as well as for pessimism. The optimistic part of the story is that new technologies in the form of computers are nowadays available for many schools in most so-called developed countries, and that despite the complexity of this innovation educational practitioners and students are still very enthusiastic about this technology. The pessimistic part is that there is still much inequity of access to computers. Once computers are available they tend to be used most frequently as an add-on to the existing curriculum. It is probably this lack of integration of computers in existing curricula which is most challenging in determining our agenda for the future. |
| Item Type: | Article |
| Copyright: | © 1993 Elsevier Science |
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| Link to this item: | http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/26356 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-1315(93)90011-7 |
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