Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries: IFIP TC3 WG3.1, 3.4 & 3.5 Working Conference on Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries 19–25 August 1997, Harare, Zimbabwe

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Nordic cooperation on Communication and Information Technologies and didactics in education....Pages 15-25
Building resource capacity for IT education and training in schools — the case of Botswana....Pages 27-38
Computer education and human capacity building for Information Technology in Namibia....Pages 39-47
Schools with SPIRIT — capacity building in The Netherlands....Pages 49-56
Information Technology in Norwegian education — consistency of strategic initiatives for implementing IT in primary education....Pages 57-66
Development of Information Technology in Hong Kong education over the past decade....Pages 67-74
Fighting a lone battle for Computer Education in Nepal....Pages 75-80
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Bridging the skills gap in Zimbabwe....Pages 83-89
Information Technology education and training initiatives — the Nigerian experience.....Pages 91-100
Using applications programs in a university to build human capacity for Information Technology....Pages 101-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Infrastructure issues for implementation of portable computer use in schools....Pages 111-117
Capacity building with a difference....Pages 119-125
Principals, Information Technology and leadership: coping with professional development despite isolation....Pages 127-135
‘Communicate and Learn’ — a collaborative project....Pages 137-141
The effect of network technology on education....Pages 143-152
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Technology and young children — new strategies to prevent illiteracy and create better chances of success for all....Pages 155-162
Designing Logo-based microworlds for effective learning — a road to improving teacher education....Pages 163-171
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The needs and challenges of Information Systems education — the case of Nigerian Universities....Pages 175-184
Blame the technocentric artefact! What research tells us about problems inhibiting teacher use of IT....Pages 185-192
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Measuring success in the global village — resources for conducting systematic and comprehensive evaluations in IT settings....Pages 193-201
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The role of educational and professional bodies in guidance towards capacity planning....Pages 205-211
The European computer driving licence....Pages 213-220
Information literacy — the missing link in education, with special reference to developing countries....Pages 221-230
Maximizing the benefits of aid for Information Technology....Pages 231-238
Building capacity for Information Technology in educational management in developing countries....Pages 239-249
Information Technology resources for education in developing countries....Pages 251-260
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
The need for a new perspective — creating learning networks for African teachers: change, professional development and ICTs....Pages 263-273
Informatics for secondary education — the UNESCO/IFIP curriculum as a resource for developed and developing countries....Pages 275-288
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Teaching informatics as a subject....Pages 291-295
Using hypermedia and the Internet in the teaching of mathematics....Pages 297-297
Information Technology and problem solving in mathematics education....Pages 299-307
Appropriate research in IT in emerging countries....Pages 309-315
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Discussion Group 1 — IT in curriculum and courseware development....Pages 319-325
Discussion Group 2 — Policies, strategies & initiatives of ICT in education....Pages 327-331
Discussion Group 3 — Guidelines and directions for ICT policy in education....Pages 333-335
Discussion Group 4 — IT education delivery and learning....Pages 337-341
Discussion Group 5 — Information Technology in institutional administration and management....Pages 343-346
Discussion Group 6 — Building resource accessibility in developing countries....Pages 347-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-363