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ERIC Number: EJ423803
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
Schools' Computing Policy as State-Directed Innovation.
Boyd-Barrett, Oliver
Educational Studies, v16 n2 p169-85 1990
Analyzes government's role in promoting computer use in the United Kingdom educational system from 1980 to 1990. Evaluates the Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) in initiating policy. Concludes MEP's contribution was ultimately positive. Considers problems of top-down innovation, teacher attitudes and training, and hardware and software acquisition and obsolescence. (CH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Higher Education, Information Technology, Instructional Improvement, Resource Allocation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Computer Hardware; Microelectronics Education Programme; United Kingdom