Preparing Future Teachers to Use Computers: A Course at the College of Charleston Frances C. Welch College of Charleston Charleston, SC If microcomputers are to reach their potential for improving education, responsibility for teaching preservice teachers to effectively use them rests with teacher preparation programs in colleges and universities (Battista, 1982; Bozeman, 1985; Bullough and Beatty, 1987; Callison, 1985; Moore, 1986; Nathan, 1985; Richardson and Gilchrist, 1984). In an effort to address this need, the Education Department at the College of Charleston has developed a one semester, three hour course for undergraduate students majoring in education. This is a required course for any student wishing to become either an elementary, early childhood, special education, or secondary teacher. It was developed with input from teachers and computer consultants in the school districts which are near the College of Charleston and in which students are placed for practicum experiences, and on recommendations of writers and researchers in educational computing (Gibhardt-Seele, 1985; Gutphin, 1987; Harper and Stewart, 1986; Hoffman, 1983; Kinzer, Sherwood and Bransford, 1986; National Science Board Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology, 1983; Radin, Lee & Marrapodi, 1985; Taylor, 1980). The catalogue description of the course
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