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Download full textPlomp, Tjeerd – 1989
An analysis of computer literacy curricula around the middle of the 1980s shows a remarkable overall shift away from teaching computing to teaching applications, information handling, and problem-solving. Computer use is no longer viewed as a goal in itself, but is introduced as a powerful means of fulfilling information needs and of facilitating…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Plomp, Tjeerd; Akker, Jan J. H. van den – 1988
This discussion of the integration of computers into the curriculum begins by reviewing the results of several surveys conducted in the Netherlands and the United States which provide insight into the problems encountered by schools and teachers when introducing computers in education. Case studies of three secondary and two elementary schools in…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Peer reviewedMoonen, Jef; Collis, Betty – Education and Computing, 1992
Describes four areas of educational change: (1) the curriculum, (2) the role of the teachers, (3) the school structure, and (4) student learning. The impact of intensive computer use on each of these areas is examined using observations from a "technology-enriched" school project that is currently underway (1989-92) in the Netherlands.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
