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Coping With Computers: An Ethnographic Study in Primary Classrooms
Coping With Computers An Ethnographic Study in Primary Classrooms Author:Mr Derek Blease, Professor Louis Cohen This is a highly readable account of a year in the lives of teachers and pupils in two primary school classrooms.It is written by two university researchers who invite the teachers to introduce computers into their curriculum planning and day-to-day teaching, despite the fact that the teachers have neither the deep understanding of the new techn... more »ology or of its capabilities. It is an account of initial fear and frustration. It is also a story of increasing insight, awareness and confidence as the teachers struggle to cope with the computer.The text focuses upon a small, selected group of boys and girls who, despite being confident about their academic work and being willing to try hard at school, nevertheless see themselves in very negative terms as far as computers are concerned. What can the teachers do about this? Can these pupils be helped to change their attitudes? If so, how?« less