Overview
- Provides personal reflections on the history of computers in school education in many countries all over the world
- Covers a relatively recent period from the 1970s up to the mid 1990s, before the widespread use of the Internet, search engines, social web and mobile devices in education
- All papers went through a careful peer-review process before final acceptance
Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT)
Part of the book sub series: IFIP AICT Surveys (ISURVEYS)
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“If you are interested in the subject of the evolution of teaching about computing subjects in schools at all levels, and in all fields, this book is essential reading. … This book is a collection of personal recollections of experiences by its guest authors of what happened in their respective countries when the subject of teaching using computers was first broached.” (R. L. Glass, Computing Reviews, July, 2014)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reflections on the History of Computers in Education
Book Subtitle: Early Use of Computers and Teaching about Computing in Schools
Editors: Arthur Tatnall, Bill Davey
Series Title: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55119-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-55118-5Published: 07 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52570-8Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-55119-2Published: 05 May 2014
Series ISSN: 1868-4238
Series E-ISSN: 1868-422X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 423
Number of Illustrations: 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computers and Education, History of Computing, Computer Science, general