Running to catch a moving train: Schools and information technologies

Running to catch a moving train: Schools and information technologies

Utilizing national data about the presence and use of educational computers, the paper explains that computer-based applications still play only modest roles in education. Schools face insufficient quantities of any one technology to make efficient use in classroom-based teaching, and they invest li...

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Published in:Theory into practice Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 20 - 30
Main Author: Becker, Henry Jay
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 1998
College of Education, The Ohio State University
Subjects:
Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer Mediated Communication
Computer networking
Computer programming
Computer software
Computer technology
Computers in education
Educational Technology
Elementary Secondary Education
High school students
Information Technology
Technology
Technology policy
Word processing
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Summary:Utilizing national data about the presence and use of educational computers, the paper explains that computer-based applications still play only modest roles in education. Schools face insufficient quantities of any one technology to make efficient use in classroom-based teaching, and they invest little in supporting teachers' efforts to learn to apply technology in education. (SM)
ISSN:0040-5841
1543-0421
DOI:10.1080/00405849809543782