Computers in Schools
Computers in Schools. Tutor, tool, tutee. Tutor. Here the computer teaches Material presented, with questions to be answered or tasks to be done Used for some university courses – statistics… Used in distance education How effective for learning? How effective for teaching?
Computers in Schools
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Computers in Schools Tutor, tool, tutee
Tutor • Here the computer teaches • Material presented, with questions to be answered or tasks to be done • Used for some university courses – statistics… • Used in distance education • How effective for learning? • How effective for teaching? • Behaviourist or constructivist?
Tool • Here the computer is used as a tool to achieve some end • Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint etc • Tool use common • How effective for teaching? • How effective for learning? • Behaviourist or constructivist?
Tutee • Here the computer is the student • LOGO, general programming • How effective for teaching? • How effective for learning? • Behaviourist or constructivist?
Reading • Taylor, R.P. (Ed.). (1980). The computer in the classroom: Tutor, tool, tutee. New York: Teachers College Press. • Hawkridge, D. (1990). Who needs computers in schools, and why? Computers and Education, 15(1-3), 1-6.