How the computer went to school : Australian government policies for computers in schools, 1983-2013

How the computer went to school : Australian government policies for computers in schools, 1983-2013 /

For more than 30 years, certain governments, individuals and organisations have actively promoted computers as learning technologies. Enormous amounts of money and time have been spent promoting specific kinds of educational computing, and policies by which these might be implemented. The view that...

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Main Author: Beale, Denise (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2014]
Series:Education.
Subjects:
Computer literacy > Government policy > Australia.
Computer-assisted instruction > Government policy > Australia.
Computers and literacy > Australia.
Education and state > Australia.
Education > Data processing.
Students > Effect of technological innovations on > Australia.
Computers and literacy.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Preliminaries
  • Title Page
  • Imprint Page
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations and Terms
  • Acknowledgements
  • Dedication
  • Introduction: The Toolbox of the 21st Century?
  • Chapter One: From Laboratory to Classroom
  • Chapter Two: The Computer in Australia
  • Chapter Three: Teaching and Learning with Computers
  • Chapter Four: The Global Economic Arena
  • Chapter Five: We're All Online Now
  • Chapter Six: The Digital Education Revolution
  • Chapter Seven: The Persistence of Economics
  • Chapter Eight: The Disappearing Computer
  • References
  • Back Cover.

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