Children in the information age : opportunities for creativity, innovation, and new activities : selected papers from the second international conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 19-23 May 1987

Children in the Information Age: Opportunities for Creativity, Innovation and New Activities contains selected papers from the Second International Conference and Exhibition''Children in the Information Age: Opportunities for Creativity, Innovation and New Activities,''held in Sofia, Bulgaria, 19-23 May 1987. The contributions made by researchers at the conference covered topics such as the past, present, and future of school informatics in the USSR; the family computer boom and its implications for computer literacy; the new meanings of literacy related to new information and communication technologies; computer use in education; and literacy in the information age. Other papers dealt with computer-based training in India; knowledge based systems for use in pedagogical contexts; informatics competitions in Germany; the information age; information and communication technology in the French educational system; and the role of information technology in education in Australia. The final two chapters present the recommendations that emerged from the conference as well as the recommendations of the Working Meeting of Editors of Journals and Magazines on Informatics in Education. Content: Other Titles of Interest, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Foreword, Pages v-vi, The Editors To Participants in the Second International Conference “Children in the Information Age: Opportunities for Creativity, Innovation and New Activities”, Pages 1-2, TODOR ZHIVKOV A Critique of Technocentrism in Thinking About the School of the Future, Pages 3-18, SEYMOUR PAPERT Conceptual Threads of Datalogy, Informatics and Information Technology: PROPOSAL FOR THEIR FOUNDATION IN SECONDARY AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, Pages 19-36, DINES BJøRNER School Informatics in the USSR: From Literacy to Culture, Pages 37-56, A.P. ERSHOV “Which has the Most Powerful Influence on Children: Computer Literacy, School or Home?”, Pages 57-75, SHOJI SHIBA, Yuusuke Moryiama, Shigeki Yamasaki, Masanobu Abe, S. Nakae, M. Hasimoto, K. Tuno, Y. Fukuda, M. Taki Informatics In and Out of School, Pages 77-82, DAVID TINSLEY New Meanings of Literacy, Pages 83-101, ROLAND LAUTERBACH Computer Use in Education. Trends, Challenges and Opportunities, Pages 103-107, SYLVIA CHARP Literacy in the Information Age, Pages 109-122, TOM VAN WEERT Informatics in Education for Children – The Indian Plan Experience and Projections, Pages 123-133, B. NAG On Cognitive Processes in Education. A Model for Use of Knowledge Based Systems in Education, Pages 135-150, JORGE AAGE JENSEN, THOMAS NISSEN Computers and Measurement, Pages 151-160, ARTHUR L. WHITE German Informatics Competitions, Pages 161-168, VOLKER CLAUS The Information Age in Focus, Pages 169-177, NICK RUSHBY New Technologies in Education for New Access to Information and New Hierarchy of Communication, Pages 179-187, BERNARD DUMONT The Second Wave: Information Technology and Literacy, Pages 189-201, JUDITH H. HAMMOND Children in the Information Age, Pages 203-208, GEOFFREY HUBBARD Closing Speech of Academician Blagovest Sendov: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, Pages 209-211 Recommendations of the International Conference “Children in the Information Age: Opportunities for Creativity, Innovation and New Activities” Sofia, Bulgaria, 19–23 May 1987, Pages 213-214 Recommendations of the Working Meeting of Editors of Journals and Magazines on Informatics in Education, Page 215 Appendix 1 - Reports of Stream Rapporteurs, Pages 217-220 Appendix 2 - Debates, Pages 221-224 Appendix 3 - Conference Committees, Pages 225-227 Appendix 4 - Scientific Program and Speakers, Pages 228-231