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Author Beale, Denise, author

Title How the computer went to school : Australian government policies for computers in schools, 1983-2013 / Denise Beale
Published Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2014]
Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2014]
©2014
©2014

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 MELB  379.94 Bea/Htc  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, 213 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Series Education
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.From Laboratory to Classroom -- 2.The Computer in Australia -- 3.Teaching and Learning with Computers -- 4.The Global Economic Arena -- 5.We're All Online Now -- 6.The Digital Education Revolution -- 7.The Persistence of Economics: Stability and Change -- 8.The Disappearing Computer
Summary This book gives an account of the development of the computer industry in the USA and shows how these influenced educational computing in the USA and Australia. It explores government policies which prioritise the economic benefits of educational computing for the nation and examines the role of the computer in education
Analysis Australian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-213)
Subject Computer literacy -- Government policy -- Australia.
Computer-assisted instruction -- Government policy -- Australia.
Computers and literacy -- Australia.
Education and state -- Australia.
Education -- Data processing.
Students -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Australia.
Students -- Australia -- Finance, Personal.
Students -- Australia.
LC no. 2014466640
ISBN 9781922235169
Other Titles Australian government policies for computers in schools, 1983-2013