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From: freewill@nstar.rn.com (Bill Williston)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: secondary education computer mastery
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Date: 10 Apr 91 00:59:34 GMT
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As educators, we are constantly in a self-evaluaton process.  As a 
secondary educator, society has evaluated us and is demanding change.
The first reaction was to fire all the teachers, at least make them take 
competency tests.  Now the push, in Michigan, is on school improvement
through site-based decision making.  The high school principal
where I am employed wants us (teachers) to put in writing what a grad
should know in each department.  I am in the process of writing the goals
for computer skills.
   Most comp.ed readers are from 'higher' education.  You need to tell me
what computer skills you would like to see college bringing to  your
campus.  Adequate preparation for college, business and industry is our
goal.    The idea being that high school meets the demands for college
and the workplace, junior high school meets the needs of high school and
elementary meets the needs of junior high.  Currently, we are all doing
the best that we can with the students preparation where each level of 
education is unaware of the readiness needs at the next.  This is not
working.
    Having read the intro I hope you might be prepared to respond to 
one of the following queries.

   1. What computer skills are required for freshman CS majors?
   2. What computer skills are required for freshman engineers?
   3. What computer skills are required for business freshmen?
   4. What computer skills are required for freshmen in general?

  I value your responses and will gladly email summaries to all interested
parties.  Thanks in advance.

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