Computer Technology for Elementary School Teachers in Geography Education
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John Ronghua Ouyang, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
There are two issues that most educators and researchers would agree upon. One is that geography had been badly neglected and largely disappeared from the American school curriculum by the 1970s (Egan, 1983; Gregg and Leinhardt, 1993). The other is that as computer technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more computers are being used in the field of elementary education to improve students’ learning achievement (Kinnaman, 1990; ASCD, 1990; Ouyang, 1993). Teachers in elementary schools are faced with the challenge to revive geographic education. The use of increasingly sophisticated computer technology can be an effective way for teachers to face this challenge.
Citation
Ouyang, J.R. (1994). Computer Technology for Elementary School Teachers in Geography Education. In J. Willis, B. Robin & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 1994--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 607-609). Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/45869/.
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