Children and Computers in School - Softcover

Collis, Betty A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805820744 ISBN 13: 9780805820744

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

This volume integrates research findings from three multinational studies conducted to examine the impact of children's use of computers in school. Conclusions are drawn from in-depth analyses of trends in more than 20 nations. Its seven authors from four nations were key researchers on these projects. Both a study and a product of the information age, this work is of prime importance to teachers, teacher educators, and school administrators.

This work is unique in three important ways:
* it presents data gathered in many regions of the world;
* many of the authors are well-known and respected for their previous work in educational studies; and
* the chapters are designed in such a way that the majority of the book is easily accessible to professionals such as classroom teachers who are interested primarily in findings, results, and outcomes rather than the methodology of the research.

About this title

About the Author:

TJEERD PLOMP is Professor, University of Twente, Netherlands.

Review:

...provides a useful collection of three diverse, large-scale, multinational investigations....an important benchmark of how computers are being used and integrated into classrooms worldwide....a great service to graduate students, researchers, designers, teachers, and policy makers interested in instructional technology.
—Journal of Educational Computing Research

A world-wide tour-de-force describing research from a global perspective, a classroom perspective, and a child's perspective...
—G. Ernest Anderson
University of Massachusetts

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0805820744
• ISBN 13: 9780805820744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160