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Peer reviewedLockheed, Marlaine – Educational Researcher, 1986
Presents a rationale for changing from the current emphasis of precollege computer courses on BASIC programming skills to a focus on teaching applications software skills. Reviews research regarding the quality of computer literacy courses. Discusses parallel cognitive and affective consequences of programming and applications software. Promotes…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Growing sophistication about computer use among students and faculty, ready availability of microcomputers, and rapid advances in technology and software have led to more computing in all courses. While computer literacy used to mean programing, it now means familiarity with the technology and its everyday applications. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Kooi, Sim Wong – 1985
At the Institute of Education in Singapore, two disjunctions in teacher preparation were identified. The first was the gap between theoretical knowledge propounded in teacher education programs and the experience of students in the practicum. The second was the gap between both the theoretical and experiential learning of the students and the real…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Young, D. R. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1987
The author discusses some of the issues and applications of computer technology as it relates to teacher education. Topics discussed include (1) historical background, (2) computer literacy, (3) curriculum, (4) teacher certification, and (5) applications. (CH)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Postsecondary Education
Download full textInternational Federation for Information Processing, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1994
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) aims to ensure that all countries, both developed and developing, have access to the best educational facilities necessary to prepare young people to play a full role in modern society. Understanding information technology (IT) and mastering IT's basic skills and concepts…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Advanced Technology in Education. – 1985
Focusing on ways in which Oregon educators have made use of computers, the 47 papers in this proceedings show substantial progress in some areas and point out some unanswered research, instructional, learning, and management questions. The contents are divided into three general areas: Curriculum Applications, Learning and Teaching, and Classroom…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Conference Proceedings
Smith, James, Ed.; Moum, Glenda Schuster – 1982
Instructional uses of computers with primary through higher education students is the focus of this extensive collection of 61 papers. The papers are categorized by the subject areas of computer-based education, computer science, the computer as a tool in undergraduate education and beyond, computer services, engineering, mathematics, physics,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
