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Hawkridge, David – 1989
This paper outlines and discusses four rationales for using computers in schools: (1) the social rationale, which states that it is necessary for children to become aware and unafraid of computers in order to prepare for life and work in an industrial society; (2) the vocational rationale, which states that children should learn computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Developing Nations