[SIGCIS-Members] References on the History of Computer Use in Education required

Evan Koblentz evan at snarc.net
Fri Jul 2 17:34:17 PDT 2010


  Here's a paper on the history of computing at the U.S. Military 
Academy at West Point:

http://www.rumint.org/gregconti/publications/History_of_USMA_Computers.doc

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> One reference on the British case springs to mind:
>
> Neil Selwyn, "Learning to love the micro: the discursive construction 
> of 'educational' computing in the UK, 1979-89". British Journal of 
> Sociology of Education, 23:3 (2002), 427-443.
>
> Selwyn was originally interested in this question from an education 
> policy perspective, but this article is a historical review.
>
> Best
> James
>
> On 01/07/2010 12:52, Charikleia Konsta wrote:
>> Dear colleagues,
>> I was wondering if any of you could help me with locating references on
>> the history of the use of computer in education as well as the 
>> history of
>> institutions (preferably non-universities) educating to the use 
>> computers.
>> I am working on a dissertation chapter on the history of the public 
>> image
>> of computing in Greece and I run into primary material that includes 
>> many
>> advertisements of various schools (vocational and other) for instruction
>> to use computers.
>> Thank you in advance,
>> Regards,
>>
>> Hara Konsta,
>> Ph.D. Candidate
>> Division of History of Science and Technology
>> University of Athens
>>
>>
>>
>>
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