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ERIC Number: EJ362713
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Legacy of the Microelectronics Education Programme.
Thorne, Michael
British Journal of Educational Technology, v18 n3 p165-81 Oct 1987
Describes the Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP), a plan developed to help British secondary school students learn about microcomputers and the role of technology in society, and its successor, the Microelectronics Support Unit (MESU). Highlights include curriculum development, teacher training, computer assisted instruction and the software required, educational research and LOGO, and managing innovation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Microcomputers, National Programs, Science and Society, Secondary Education, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers: LOGO Programing Language; Microelectronics Education Programme; United Kingdom