"Micro" Politics: Mapping the Origins of Schools Computing as a Field of Education Policy

Autor/in	Selwyn, Neil
Titel	"Micro" Politics: Mapping the Origins of Schools Computing as a Field of Education Policy
Quelle	In: History of Education, 42 (2013) 5, S.638-658 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2013.823628
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Interviews; Educational Policy; Intervention; Social Change; Historiography; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Assisted Instruction; Educational History; Power Structure; Government Role; Teaching Methods; Political Influences; Political Attitudes; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sozialer Wandel; Geschichtsschreibung; Computernutzung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper examines the emergence of schools "micro-computing" in the UK between 1977 and 1984--a period of significant educational, technological and political change. During this time, computing developed rapidly from a niche activity in a few select schools to the state subsidized purchasing of a "computer in every school" and the nationwide promotion of computers as a feature of curriculum and pedagogy. Through a series of in-depth retrospective interviews with key policy actors (n = 20) this paper develops a detailed "policy historiography" of this period--shedding light on the complex power relations and interests that underpinned these developments. In particular, the paper highlights the origins of these policy interventions in earlier activities, and examines the negotiations and conflicts between and within the two government departments involved in the mass introduction of computing into the UK school system. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10