Beyond Technology's Promise Hardback: An Examination of Children's Educational Computing at Home - Hardcover

Giacquinta; Bauer; Levin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521404479 ISBN 13: 9780521404471

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

After taking a hard look at the computer scene in a three year investigation and drawing the not surprising conclusion that most children use computers to play games, this text, first published in 1994, proposes directions to be taken to facilitate the educational use of computers and other promising technology.

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Críticas

"[Giacquinta's] writing is eloquent, rich in anecdotes, rhetorical and persuasive." David Hawkridge, Nature

"...takes a hard look at the home computer scene...the three-year, qualitative investigation provides contextual information crucial to our understanding of how computers are really being used..." Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

"The authors of Beyond Technology's Promise have provided the field with important and foundational information regarding home computing that suggests that the purchase of a computer does not insure effective computer use." Margaret A. Gallego, Mind, Culture, and Activity

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After taking a hard look at the computer scene in a three year investigation and drawing the not surprising conclusion that most children use computers to play games, this text proposes directions to be taken to facilitate the educational use of computers and other promising technology.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521404479
• ISBN 13: 9780521404471
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260