How Computers Entered the Classroom, 1960–2000: Historical Perspectives

book: How Computers Entered the Classroom, 1960–2000

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2023

How Computers Entered the Classroom, 1960–2000

Historical Perspectives

Edited by: Carmen Flury and Michael Geiss

Volume 2 in the series Studies in the History of Education and Culture / Studien zur Bildungs- und Kulturgeschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110780147

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Open Access

In the history of education, the question of how computers were introduced into European classrooms has so far been largely neglected. This edited volume strives to address this gap. The contributions shed light on the computerization of education from a historical perspective, by attending closely to the different actors involved – such as politicians, computer manufacturers, teachers, and students –, political rationales and ideologies, as well as financial, political, or organizational structures and relations.

The case studies highlight differences in political and economic power, as well as in ideological reasoning and the priorities set by different stakeholders in the process of introducing computers into education. However, the contributions also demonstrate that simple cold war narratives fail to capture the complex dynamics and entanglements in the history of computers as an educational technology and a subject taught in schools.

The edited volume thus provides a comprehensive historical understanding of the role of education in an emerging digital society.

Author / Editor information

Carmen Flury and Michael Geiss, Zurich University of Teacher Education, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Computers in Europe’s Classrooms: An Introduction Carmen Flury and Michael Geiss Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Case Studies
Informatique pour tous, France 1985: Pedagogy, Industry and Politics Clémence Cardon-Quint Open Access Download PDF	15
How Computers Entered the Classroom in Hungary: A Long Journey from the Late 1950s into the 1980s Lajos Somogyvári, Máté Szabó and Gábor Képes Open Access Download PDF	39
Computers in the Classrooms of an Authoritarian Country: The Case of Soviet Latvia (1980s–1991) Iveta Kestere and Katrina Elizabete Purina-Bieza Open Access Download PDF	75
Teachers Translating and Circumventing the Computer in Lower and Upper Secondary Swedish Schools in the 1970s and 1980s Rosalía Guerrero Cantarell Open Access Download PDF	99
Joining Forces: The Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships to Bring Computers into West German Schools in the 1980s Carmen Flury Open Access Download PDF	123
Computer Education in Switzerland: Politics and Markets in a Highly Decentralized Country Michael Geiss Open Access Download PDF	147
Part II: Trans- and Supranational Perspectives
Entangled Media Ecologies: The Nexus of Education and Mass Communication from the Perspective of UNESCO (1945–1989) Karin Priem Open Access Download PDF	173
Beyond the Classroom: Economic Policies and the Past Futures of Education and Training in the European Community, 1970–2000 Michael Geiss, Carmen Flury and Rosalía Guerrero Open Access Download PDF	191
Defuturization Machines: The OECD’s Early Efforts to Plan the Computerized Future of Education Barbara Hof Open Access Download PDF	217
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	239

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians, educationalists, political scientists, scientists in technological studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 6
- Coloured Illustrations: 3
- Line drawings: 1
- Tables: 1
- Coloured Tables: 0
Keywords: digitalization; public education; Europe; 20th century

eBook

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783110780147

Hardcover

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783110779592