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CAL innovation as viewed by purchasers of computer software in secondary schools
Author(s) -
Griffin J. A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1988.tb00171.x
Subject(s) - software , relation (database) , computer software , educational software , mathematics education , computer science , computer assisted instruction , secondary education , information technology , multimedia , psychology , software engineering , database , programming language , operating system
The use of computers in secondary schools has increased over recent years, but there is still a large number of teachers who do not make use of computers in their teaching. There are problems and challenges associated with the implementation of any innovation; the nature of computer technology and the way it has been introduced to schools have resulted in the creation of further, specific questions and difficulties. This paper includes an examination of the issues relating to the introduction of computers through an investigation of teachers who have bought educational computer software and from a study of related literature. These issues have been examined within an attempt to discover patterns in relation to the use of educational software, and to derive strategies which may be used in encouraging wider use of computers in secondary education.