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Computer Technology
The school of the future should not be a more technological one, but a more humane one. It should teach the youth at the right time (high school) to understand machines and to dominate. It should teach how to use technology just where it is constructive, elevates the human being and doesn't degrade him, thus placing it in its due place. Only through education can we reverse the present dominance of machines over the human being, who became their slave instead of their master.
- Valdemar W. Setzer.
Electronic media and education: Television, video game and computer
Computers have penetrated into every human activity and have had an enormous impact on our society. One of the challenges facing teachers is to explain computer technology in a creative, pictorial way so students can understand and relate to it.
Technological education helps students to manage and influence technological change, and to gain greater control over their lives. It promotes creative expression through design and emphasises practical experiences. The important thing is that the students are master of the technology, rather than simply consumers.
We hold back from calculators in the primary school because of the reliance this fosters on outer technology and the corresponding weakening of one’s capacity to work things out for oneself.
The computer imposes on young children a language and method which is quite alien to their nature. It is a formal language, without rhythm, nuance or colour – all of which we hold to be of such importance to young children. Furthermore it requires a logical reasoning which the child only naturally reaches around puberty.
In our experience, a number of our students have developed outstanding computer skills, despite the later introduction of the computer into the curriculum.
The school of the future should not be a more technological one, but a more humane one. It should teach the youth at the right time (high school) to understand machines and to dominate. It should teach how to use technology just where it is constructive, elevates the human being and doesn't degrade him, thus placing it in its due place. Only through education can we reverse the present dominance of machines over the human being, who became their slave instead of their master.
- Valdemar W. Setzer.
Electronic media and education: Television, video game and computer
Computers have penetrated into every human activity and have had an enormous impact on our society. One of the challenges facing teachers is to explain computer technology in a creative, pictorial way so students can understand and relate to it.
Technological education helps students to manage and influence technological change, and to gain greater control over their lives. It promotes creative expression through design and emphasises practical experiences. The important thing is that the students are master of the technology, rather than simply consumers.
We hold back from calculators in the primary school because of the reliance this fosters on outer technology and the corresponding weakening of one’s capacity to work things out for oneself.
The computer imposes on young children a language and method which is quite alien to their nature. It is a formal language, without rhythm, nuance or colour – all of which we hold to be of such importance to young children. Furthermore it requires a logical reasoning which the child only naturally reaches around puberty.
In our experience, a number of our students have developed outstanding computer skills, despite the later introduction of the computer into the curriculum.