Who Is a Computer Scientist and Why Do I Care?.

Gemignani, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ306944

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Who Is a Computer Scientist and Why Do I Care?

Gemignani, Michael

Change, v16 n7 p9-10 Oct 1984

A discussion on who should teach computer literacy in academe is presented. Computer science can be described as an experimental science with the computer as the laboratory but computer science is an interdisciplinary area. Defining a computer scientist is difficult. (MLW)

Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Computers, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Departments, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Mathematics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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