Bücher der Reihe Technology and Education Series

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This work re-evaluates the use of technology in higher education. The editor draws upon case studies of the use of computer-mediated academic work and sets his conclusions in the context of social science, that is, that teachers' beliefs about computing lead to pedagogical change.

This book examines samples of work in the instructional technology field, ranging from development of new model-tracing diagnostic systems on the one hand, to the deliberate elimination of intelligence from educational computing on the other.

This volume is a case study of education reform and innovation using technology that examines the issue from a wide variety of perspectives. It brings together the views and experiences of software designers, curriculum writers, teachers and students, researchers and administrators. Thus, it stands in contrast to other analyses of innovation that tend to look through the particular prisms of research, classroom practice, or software design. The Geometric Supposer encourages a belief in a better tomorrow for schools. On its surface, the Geometric Supposer provides the means for radically altering the way in which geometry is taught and the quality of learning that can be achieved. At a deeper level, however, it suggests a powerful metaphor for improving education that can be played out in many different instructional contexts.