NDLI: Teaching history in computing

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Impagliazzo, J. Davies, G. Lee, J.A.N. Williams, M.R.
Copyright Year	1998
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY, USA (Impagliazzo, J.)
Abstract	Summary form only given. For the computing discipline, history seldom receives status. From a cultural standpoint history broadens one's perspective on the field and lets students and scholars explore the inner thinking of people and the events they produced. From a practical standpoint, history enables individuals and enterprises to learn from the events of the past and to improve on experiences. Both views are necessary to create an informed computing professional. Teachers often ignore history of computing when teaching their computing courses. The typical case is that educators mention some facts or important milestones usually related to hardware and the people responsible for these. The discussion then moves quickly to other topics. This is unfortunate, because we can learn much from history. History is the best teacher to assess the meaningful evolution of the computing profession. The IFIP Joint (TC3-TC9) Task Group has examined this concern and is producing a report entitled: History in the Computing Curriculum. The report addresses the need to include history in the curriculum and serves as a basis for this proposal. It also provides educators, whose formal study of computing history is minimal or nonexistent, ways in which to teach computing history in an educational environment. This paper presents the work of the IFIP Joint Task Group to a computing and engineering audience.
Sponsorship	IEEE Educ. Soc.
File Size	85644
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780347625
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.1998.736882
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-11-04
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Education History Computer science USA Councils Mathematics Art Educational institutions Cultural differences Hardware Proposals
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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