A program of special education teacher training using microcomputers is described. Microcomputers also facilitate evaluation of pedagogical skills and mastery of program objectives. The need for computer-literate special education teachers is noted and plans for a literacy training program are summarized. (MT)

In the transition between the industrial and the information ages, preparation of pupils to access and apply information that does not presently exist is the challenge to all educators. Four major areas of microcomputer application related to special education (tool application, computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, and…

Just as the communication and information processing abilities of the computer transform the processes of which it becomes a part, so does the computer transform the nature of education and the functions of teachers and schools. (MT)

Examines connections between literacy education as a social activity involving various levels of social relationships and the world of technology and computers, discussing recent research on the social and cultural nature of reading and writing, applying the discussion to the use of computers in classrooms, and concluding that computers in the…

Computer assisted instruction on a major scale and the K-12 Plan for Computer Literacy will be probable failures, but many programs can be successful. School systems must concentrate on computer teachers, instead of training all teachers, and schools of education need to train computer teaching specialists. (MT)