Activities related to the introduction of computers and computer assisted instruction into Bavarian schools are described, including the inservice teacher training, information dissemination, and consultation activities of the Zentralstelle (Center for Programmed Instruction and Instructional Computer Applications). Also described are model…

This document consists of two separate papers, by different authors, that discuss (often duplicating each other) the Microelectronics Education Program (MEP), a program which was designed to help children understand new technology and its effects on society and to encourage teachers to use the new technology in improving their teaching…

Approximately one-third of Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) funding is directed toward in-service teacher education. Three levels of competence (familiarization, understanding, applications) are fostered in each of four domains: electronics/control technology; computer as instrument; computer as learning; and electronic communications.…