Readings:
Attitudes Toward Computers In Mexican Students And Teachers
This article provides results of a study on attitudes toward computers and electronic mail among children and teachers in Mexico.
This site is a compilation of studies of attitudes toward computers and schools.
Studies on Children and Computers using students in Japan to data from students not using computers in Japan, while using data from students in the U.S.A. and Mexico as time-synchronized controls.
YCCI - Handbook for Young Children's Computer Inventory A research tool to discover primary students' attitudes toward computers and school, and how exposure to technology effects these attitudes. (1993)
Young Children's Computer Inventory - Final Report Final report in a longitudinal study reporting results that answer the question: "What effect does this technology have on our children?" Data from Mexico, Japan and the United States was used as the basis for the findings. (1994)
Instruments for Assessing Attitudes Toward Information Technology Electronic booklet describing five well-validated instruments for assessing attitudes toward information technology in students, teachers and university faculty. Reliability estimates, administration and scoring procedures and printable versions of the instruments are provided. (1998)
Attitudes towards learning, or the understanding of what kind of instruments and methods to utilize in training, is not necessarily the same in different countries. By comparing attitudes towards competence development among small business managers in Russia, South Africa and Sweden as well as their methodological preferences, differences across countries are pinpointed.
Activity 1
Locate a student at a foreign university of your choice. Find out the kinds of technology that are available to them. Choose one of the policies of the National Information Infrastructure Council and ask the student their views on the topic. For instance it would be interesting to hear what a student from the University of Singapore had to say about the idea of "universal access". Post your assignment in the Boardroom.