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The Two Powers: How Pascal and Python Shaped Programming Education
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Tobias Kohn; Jacqueline Staub – Informatics in Education, 2024
The choice of programming language for education is an intensely debated topic. On the one hand, the programming language is supposed to be "relevant" in that its organisation, structures, and paradigms adhere to current standards and best practices in industry and academia. On the other hand, the programming language is expected to be…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Data Processing, Philosophy
Administration and Supervision in Business Education. (Introduction).
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Newman, Charles A. – Business Education Forum, 1979
Discusses the effects of current economic conditions on business education, the increased demand for evaluative data to be made available through electronic data processing, and the challenge to update adult education programs based on today's changing job requirements, such as automated office procedures and in-plant courses. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Business Education, Data Processing, Economic Factors
Business Education Will Prepare Today's Students for Tomorrow's Economy.
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Smith, C. LeMoyne – Educational Leadership, 1988
Contends that business education, including keyboarding, accounting, word processing, and business fundamentals, will have a crucial role in preparing productive citizens in the emerging service-related economy. (TE)
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Business Skills, Data Processing Occupations
Office Skills. Keyboarding: An Increasing Fact in Today's Society.
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Goodrich, Elizabeth Anne – Business Education Forum, 1979
The author notes the various present and future uses of keyboarding, the entering of alphanumeric data on a stationary desk-top unit with a typewriter-like keyboard on it. She states that teachers should prepare typewriting students for the transition to keyboarding according to acceptable standards used in offices. (MF)
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Business Education Teachers, Data Processing
Acquisition of Data for Accountability and Management (ADAM-78).
Sprecher, Penny L.; Deasy, Patrick J. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1982
Describes the development of a data acquisition system to interpret clientele data at a college counseling center. Describes reports generated by the system. Discusses benefits of the system including time efficiency, detection of changing trends and data availability. (RC)
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Oriented Programs, Counseling Services, Data Collection
Post-Fordism and Distance Education--A Flexible Strategy for Change.
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Raggatt, Peter – Open Learning, 1993
Discusses strategic choices facing the Open University (United Kingdom) and other distance education institutions with the availability of electronic data processing and an increasingly competitive environment in traditional higher education institutions. Topics addressed include distance education and industrial production; production in the Open…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competition, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness
Linkages to the World of Employment.
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Seppanen, Loretta J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
College and university institutional researchers can use unemployment insurance wage and related files to describe and compare students' workplace status before, during, and after enrollment. However, some issues must be addressed, including data delays, uncovered employment and other work status, confidentiality of records, information…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Confidential Records