Computers As Energy: Rethinking Their Role in Schools.

Scriven, Michael

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Publication Date: 1986

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Computers As Energy: Rethinking Their Role in Schools.

Scriven, Michael

Peabody Journal of Education, v64 n1 p27-51 Fall 1986

At present computers in schools are misconceived; they are better conceptualized as a source of energy. The energy metaphor is applied to three categories of functions associated with computers in schools: curriculum functions, teaching functions, and learning functions. (IAH)

Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Published 1989.