Computer Literacy
Issues and Directions for 1985
Published on 10. May 2014
324 pages
978-1-4832-2016-1 (ISBN)
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Computer Literacy: Issues and Directions for 1985 is based on a conference entitled "National Goals for Computer Literacy in 1985", held in Reston, Virginia, on December 18-20, 1980, under the auspices of the National Science Foundation. The conference provided a forum for discussing views on computer literacy, as well as methods for infusion of computer-related objectives and activities into existing curricula for different age levels. Issues and barriers to developing national goals for achieving a computer-literate society in the United States are also examined. Comprised of 31 chapters, this book begins by presenting four major approaches to a perspective on computer literacy: impact of computer literacy on the citizenry; major national components of a computer literacy program; development of an information handling curriculum for an evolving computer literacy concept; and a 30-year historical overview of "computer events in three strands" (research/development/technology, education, and social/political institutional). The next section considers the definitions and requirements of computer literacy as they impact society, students, and teachers. The use of the computer in cognitive research and in problem solving is also discussed, together with curriculum development in computer literacy. This monograph will be of interest to students, teachers, school administrators, and educational policymakers.
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ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI Perspectives on Computer Literacy Key Components for a National Computer Literacy Program National Computer Literacy, 1980 On the Development of an Information Handling Curriculum: Computer Literacy, a Dynamic Concept Computer Literacy: 1949-1979 Audience CommentaryII Definitions and Requirements for Computer Literacy Education for Citizenship in a Computer-Based Society Discussant: John Sonquist Personal Computing for Elementary and Secondary School Students Discussant: Robert Taylor Computer Literacy for Teachers Discussants: Sylvia Charp Ludwig Braun Rebuttal Audience Commentary Working Group I: Computer Literacy for Teachers and School Administrators Working Group V: Ethics and Values for Computer LiteracyIII Cognitive Research and Solving Problems Using the Computer Contributions of Cognitive Science and Related Research in Learning to the Design of Computer Literacy Curricula Discussants: John Seely Brown Joseph Lipson Does Computer Programming Enhance Problem-Solving Ability? Some Positive Evidence on Algebra Word Problems Discussants: Gary Olson Thomas Dwyer Rebuttal Audience Commentary Working Group II: Developmental Sequence of Computer Literacy for Grades K-12IV Computer Literacy and Curriculum Development The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) Project on Computer Literacy Instructional Modules (CLIM) Computer Literacy Curriculum for Grades K-8 Computer Literacy and the Mathematics Curriculum Computer Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom Getting Computer Literacy into the Pre-College Curriculum in Science Computer Literacy: 1985 Working Group III: Computer Literacy Learning Materials for Grades K-8 Working Group IV: Computer Literacy Learning Materials for Grades 7-12 Working Group VII: Computer Literacy in the Mathematics Curricula Working Group VIII: Computer Literacy in the Science Curricula Working Group IX: Computer Literacy in the Social Studies CurriculaV. Alternative Policies and Implementations of Goals for Computer Literacy During the Next Five Years Panelists: National Goals and Strategies for Computer Literacy A National Commitment to Computer Literacy Pluralysis in/of the Computer Literacy Movement National Goals for Computer Literacy Audience Commentary Working Group VI: National Strategies for Implementing Computer LiteracyVI. Summary of the Conference Summary of the Conference Participants
