Resumen de Aims and Interest Groups in Educational Computing
The aims of those involved in policy and innovation in educational computing are varied and confused. This paper tries to separate these out into a set of five broad classifications relating to the needs to: (1) prepare children for a microprocessor‐based society; (2) help make educational expenditure more efficient; (3) improve the effectiveness of learning; (4) structure and standardize the curriculum; and (5) aid the development of industrial exploitation. The various interest groups are then considered, that is, children, teachers, Government and industry, and the relationship of each of these to the aims described. Finally, there is a consideration of the extent to which the issue of microprocessors in schools is a political one.
