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Computer Block—Does it Exist in the Comprehensive Secondary School?
Author(s) -
Townsend Michael
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8535.00027
Subject(s) - townsend , citation , block (permutation group theory) , computer science , library science , mathematics education , psychology , mathematics , combinatorics , physics , quantum mechanics
Information technology continues to become ever more important in all aspects of our lives; education, work and leisure. There has been considerable research and discussion over the last two decades or so about the problems some adults and teachers have in coming to terms with information technology. One of the arguments has been that these problems would not exist if these adults had grown up with this technology in the home and school. It is often assumed that all is fine in secondary schools because of the pupils’ age and therefore their supposed ability to cope with the new technologies. Although there has been much work into the benefits of information technology in education, very little research can be found into the attitudes of pupils in secondary schools and the growing use of computers in their school work.