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Factors Affecting Policy In Educational Media Services, Diane S. Barker
Factors Affecting Policy In Educational Media Services, Diane S. Barker
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
Teachers use a variety of resources to motivate students and to enrich and expand learning experiences in the classroom. Media, including films, videotapes, and other audiovisual materials, are some of those resources.
Over the years, as teacher access to media increased, researchers began to investigate factors which encouraged or discouraged its use. Factors which had an impact on teacher use or lack of use of media were and are important indicators to administrators responsible for allocating resources and for establishing policy concerning how media are organized and distributed.
The purpose of the study was to investigate current factors involved in …
Computers And The School Principal, Paul Henry Nelson
Computers And The School Principal, Paul Henry Nelson
All Master's Theses
The presence of the microcomputer in society and education is on the increase. This study compared the expertise and use of computers by elementary principals, to the availability and attitudes of its implementation by the teaching staff. A questionnaire elicited data from principals and revealed that they indirectly influenced the increase of computer use by teachers by providing inservice opportunities, workshops, and courses, and directly influenced them by providing personal encouragement. Several recommendations were made concerning administrative use of computers.