Main description:
This volume presents results from a cross national study about the use of computers in 21 education systems. Using national representative samples of schools and teachers in elementary and secondary education, data were collected about issues such as hardware and software availability, the way computers are used by students and teachers, attitudes towards computers, staff development, administration and policy, and gender equity.
This book provides descriptive information about the situation with regard to the introduction of computers, and also shows how different factors in this innovation are related to each other.
Table of contents:
Foreword. Preface. Abbreviations for educational systems. Theoretical framework, design and sampling. The decision phase: starting to use computers. Hardware and software provision in relation to the integrated use of computers. Implementation and educational uses of computers. Educating the educators. Administration/policy and equity. Predicting computer use in six systems: structural models of implementation indicators. Summary and conclusions. References. Appendices. Sampling information. Content of self-rating scales. Topics for which teachers could indicate whether they learned about it during teacher and/or in-service training. Names and addresses of participants. Names and addresses of the authors. Index.
This volume presents results from a cross national study about the use of computers in 21 education systems. Using national representative samples of schools and teachers in elementary and secondary education, data were collected about issues such as hardware and software availability, the way computers are used by students and teachers, attitudes towards computers, staff development, administration and policy, and gender equity.
This book provides descriptive information about the situation with regard to the introduction of computers, and also shows how different factors in this innovation are related to each other.
Table of contents:
Foreword. Preface. Abbreviations for educational systems. Theoretical framework, design and sampling. The decision phase: starting to use computers. Hardware and software provision in relation to the integrated use of computers. Implementation and educational uses of computers. Educating the educators. Administration/policy and equity. Predicting computer use in six systems: structural models of implementation indicators. Summary and conclusions. References. Appendices. Sampling information. Content of self-rating scales. Topics for which teachers could indicate whether they learned about it during teacher and/or in-service training. Names and addresses of participants. Names and addresses of the authors. Index.