February 23, 1983
Last December, the department asked U.S. District Judge John V. Parker to scrap a mandatory student-desegregation plan that he had ordered two years ago and to replace it with a voluntary student-transfer plan.
How can the new information technology (computers and telecommunications systems, for example) be used in education? Based on a study of recent technological developments in the United States, Japan, and other countries, the author attempts to answer this question and to show how technology can be used to improve instruction. His book is for teachers, administrators, and other educators. Part I surveys the new information technology, its functions, manufacturers, users, and systems. Part II provides examples of its functions in homes, schools, colleges, adult-education classes, and teacher-training programs. Part III examines the educational, social, political, and economic problems the technology introduces. And Part IV discusses the future of information technology in education. Mr. Hawkridge is professor of applied educational sciences and director of the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England.
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