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Kaul, Mohan – Information Technology for Development, 1987
This discussion of the development of information technology in developing nations is based on case studies of seven Asian countries. The experiences of the countries are compared in terms of the infrastructure development, organizational processes, applications, human resources development, and public awareness. (CLB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Developing Nations
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Levy, Frank; Murnane, Richard J. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2006
As American educators struggle to meet the unprecedented challenge of preparing all students to master the skills embodied in state learning standards, some wonder whether their efforts make economic sense. After all, the newspapers are full of reports of jobs being outsourced to lower-wage countries and jobs being done by computers. If more and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Global Approach, Economic Development, Labor Force Development
Bernstein, Harriet T. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
This position paper denounces what the author considers to be an increasing and excessive reliance on computers and technological advancements generally as panaceas for educational and social problems whose real resolution demands the skills of "citizens with a basic liberal arts education" rather than those of technocrats. (JBM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Groff, Warren H. – 1983
As our society evolves from an industrial society to a computer literate, high technology, information society, educational planners must reexamine the role of postsecondary education in economic development and in intellectual capital formation. In response to this need, a task force on high technology was established to examine the following…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Demography, Economic Development, Educational Finance