SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1988
SOFTWARE PACKAGES TO PROMOTE COMPUTER TEACHING
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THE
DEPARTMENT EDUCATION
THE
THE
IS ABOUT ΤΟ
OUT CONTRACT THREE STAGES TO ENHANCE PRODUCTION OF 14 SOFTWARE PACKAGES IN
FORMS, THE ACTING TEACHING OF COMPUTER LITERACY IN JUNIOR SECONDARY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY MICROCOMPUTER IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE.
HELD AT THE
PROGRAMMING,
CHARACTER LIBRARY,
MR WINFIELD SAID THE PACKAGES WOULD COMPRISE LOGO COMPUTER GRAPHICS, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, CHINESE
PROCESSING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMMES CHINESE WORD ASSISTED LEARNING IN A NUMBER OF COMMON SUBJECTS.
IT
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EXPECTED THAT
*THROUGH
THE
ON COMPUTER
USE OF THESE PACKAGES, ACCEPT THE AVAILABILITY OF STUDENTS WILL GRADUALLY UNDERSTAND AND COMPUTERS AS PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PRACTICAL TOOLS.
DEPARTMENT'S
MR WINFIELD ALSO SAID THE EDUCATION EDUCATION CENTRE HAD RECENTLY PROCURED SUFFICIENT SOFTWARE IN THREE APPLICATION AREAS.
COMPUTER COPIES OP POPULAR
"THEY ARE WORD PROCESSING, ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET AND MANAGEMENT, HE SAID.
"
"COURSES TO TRAIN SCHOOL HEADS
DATABASE
AND TEACHERS IN THEIR USAGE BEEN SPECIALLY HAVE NOW BEEN PLANNED AND THE FIRST COURSE, WHICH HAS ARRANGED AT THE REQUEST OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PRINCIPALS OF CHURCH
H HE ADDED. CHRIST IN CHINA SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE,'
OF
USED FOR VARIOUS NOTING THAT COMPUTERS WERE NOW QUITE WIDELY
RECORDS AND ASPECTS OF
STUDENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING
PRINT-OUTS, MR WINFIELD EXAMINATION RESULTS IN THE FORM OF COMPUTER
WHICH SUCH SAID A SURVEY WAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY WAYS PROCESSES MIGHT BE FURTHER DEVELOPED.
IN
SCHOOLS IN ANALYSED то CAREFUL THOUGHT WOULD
THE RESPONSE RATE TO A QUESTIONNAIRE IN AROUND 160 THE SURVEY HAD BEEN EXCELLENT AND THE RESULTS WERE BEING DETERMINE POSSIBLE DIRECTIONS IN THIS REGARD.
BE REQUIRED.
BEFORE PRESENTING PRIZES TO STUDENT
SAID
MR WINFIELD
THE
WINNERS
ENTRIES INDICATED THAT COMPUTER EDUCATION WAS BEARING FRUIT,
CREATIVE
CONTEST,
IN
IN
THE COMPUTER CONTEST THE
TIME IN DECIDING THE NOTING THAT THE JUDGES HAD A DIFFICULT
COMPLEX WINNERS AMONG THE 120 ENTRIES, HE SAID MANY ENTRIES DISPLAYED PROGRAMMING SKILLS AND INGENUITY.
"THEY WERE