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Wood, Eileen; Specht, Jacqueline; Willoughby, Teena; Mueller, Julie – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The purpose of this study was to assess the educators' perspectives on the introduction of computer technology in the early childhood education environment. Fifty early childhood educators completed a survey and participated in focus groups. Parallels existed between the individually completed survey data and the focus group discussions. The…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Focus Groups, Young Children, Computers
Khamis, Mon – 1987
A sample of 81 Australian primary teachers was surveyed in 1985 and a similar group of 55 teachers was surveyed in 1987 in order to compare the numbers and variety of microcomputers purchased and how teachers used them in primary schools. Data were collected on teaching background, participation in inservice and preservice courses, and various…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Microcomputers
Ellington, Henry – 1987
The first of three parts of this booklet, which assumes no previous knowledge of computers or programming, explains what computers are and briefly describes the components of a computer system. The second section examines the different ways in which the computer can be used in higher education, including its use: (1) as a "super calculator"; (2)…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Courseware

Sarama, Julie; Clements, Douglas H.; Henry, Julie Jacobs – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 1998
Examines the effect of a technology-based educational innovation in a school's mathematics program on the knowledge and beliefs of students and teachers, based on recent reform recommendations. Emphasizes unrealized potential and missed opportunities for facilitation due to divergent beliefs of the social groups. Contains 42 references.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Mathematics Curriculum
Johnston, Jerome; Joscelyn, Mary K., Ed. – 1989
Research findings on computer use in college courses are reviewed. Faculty who have utilized computers in their courses report that computers increase student engagement, add realism to instruction, promote skill mastery and understanding of basic principles, augment laboratory experiences, and encourage inferential thinking. Five case-study…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Lamon, William E.; Sanner, James – 1989
Designed to assist educators in planning for technological changes in secondary schools, this report presents the findings of a survey conducted in May 1989 to obtain information on the use of microcomputers in Oregon's classrooms. A 46-item questionnaire was mailed to the principals, computer coordinators, and heads of academic departments at 21…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Planning, Instructional Development, Microcomputers

Hawkins, Jan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1994
This summary of a conference presentation explores how technological advances can help schools change and adapt. General factors in creating ideal conditions for learning are discussed, and tensions concerning the role of technology are addressed. Flexibility in practitioners' thinking regarding educational technology's proper place and potential…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
King, Richard A. – Educational Technology, 1987
Based on survey data on North Carolina schools in 1984-85 and on site visits and interviews in selected schools, leadership and commitment of policymakers and educators are found to be as important as demographic and financial characteristics of school districts for providing computer access and appropriate uses. (9 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Administrator Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Demography

Northrup, Terry; Rooze, Gene E. – Social Education, 1990
Surveyed 800 randomly selected classroom teachers who were members of the National Council for the Social Studies on the following questions: Are computers available for use in social studies classes? If available, are they used? How are they used? and What are teachers' attitudes regarding computers and the training to use them? Tables of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Madden, Andrew; Ford, Nigel; Miller, David; Levy, Philippa – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
A questionnaire was generated from the results of a series of interviews at The City School one of the 27 state secondary schools in Sheffield. In October 2002, it was sent out to 499 Heads of Department at the remaining 26 state secondary schools. Responses were received from 188 teachers, ranging in age from 24 to 60 years old. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Urban Schools, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Cosden, Merith A. – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Special and regular education elementary school teachers (n=100) who use microcomputers were queried on: experience with microcomputers, computer access, instructional uses, and perceptions of microcomputer effectiveness. Teachers had academic, rather than social or motivational, goals for computer use, but felt that computers' positive effects…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Milk, Robert D.; Mendiola-Burgess, Sandra – 1986
This paper discusses issues related to the introduction of computer uses for bilingual education into bilingual teacher education programs, including equity with mainstream education programs, the functions for which computers are used in the schools, differential student access to resources in the home, and preservice teacher computer anxiety. A…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Needs
McCain, Ted; Jukes, Ian – 2001
This book is designed to help educators cope with changes created by technology and embrace a new mindset necessary to access the burgeoning technological advances, in order to keep schools and students relevant in the 21st century. The book looks through several "windows" on the future, and asks educators to consider their own paradigms…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change

Baxter, Paul E. – Studies in Higher Education, 1991
This study reports on 306 Australian faculty members' experiences with TEVAL, a computerized method of student evaluation of college teaching that provides teachers with personal, confidential, and specific feedback. Teachers found the open-ended student comments more useful than quantitative results, opted to use TEVAL results in promotion…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Instructor, 1993
Presents summary results of Instructor's National Teacher Survey on curriculum reform, school governance, assessment practices, multiculturalism, and other issues. Teachers reported wanting program improvement, more involvement in school governance, increased use of computers and technology as learning resources, nonstandardized testing, and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Consciousness Raising, Educational Change, Educational Improvement