1st Edition

Breaking into the Curriculum The Impact of Information Technology on Schooling

Edited By John F. Schostak Copyright 1988
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

Information technology is here to stay. Its impact has already been far-reaching: in business, in communications, and in leisure activities it has been responsible for replacing human action by that of machines. As such it raised questions about freedom and the meaning of work and human activity which could no longer be ignored by those working in education. The educational response to... Read more

The Contributors.  1. Introduction  2. The Impact of the Computer on the Curriculum John F. Schostak  3. The Magic Box of Delights Jack Sanger  4. The Computer and the Punk John F. Schostak  5. The Impact of the Computer on the Role of the Teacher Jack Sanger and John F. Schostak  6. Skilful Neglect Beverley Labbett  7. The Jet Set Willy Curriculum John F. Schostak  8. Computers and the Social Climate of Classrooms Catherine Beattie  9. Secondary Schooling – the Sense of an Ending John F. Schostak  10. The Microcomputer and School-based Electronic Newspapers Beverley Labbett  11. Packaging Computer Knowledge: The Further Education Classroom Catherine Beattie  12. Programming Learners or ‘Algorithm, Who Could Ask for Anything More?’ Jack Sanger  13. Intelligence Communities John F. Schostak Endgames  14. Breaking into IT Beverley Labbett  15. The End of IT John F. Schostak.  Name Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

John F. Schostak