The Education and Training of Teachers and Professionals in the Face of the Microcomputer Revolution

Abstract

Mr Meidan started his presentation by highlighting the difficulty of defining the needs of a training system for the microcomputer age. He identified three dimensions to this problem: first, that it is a comparatively new innovation and one which is still evolving; second, that we are behind in understanding its precise influence in the educational field; and third, the psychological aspect, the possible resistance to change. All these presented a challenge and suggested the need to identify carefully population segments most likely to be affected by change in order to define possible training programme requirements. He saw three main groups requiring training: the professionals, the users and the instructors.