WHAT DO YOU TEACH POLICY STUDIES EDUCATORS ABOUT COMPUTERS? |
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| Authors: | Frank W. Connolly Thomas J. Bergin |
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| Affiliation: | Frank W. Connolly is a member of the Computer Science faculty a t American University, His interests include the application of computers to public policy education. |
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| Abstract: | Computers are no longer an idea of the future. They are, rather, a common and even expected tool of the public administrator. The authors assert that students of the discipline must have a practical knowledge of computer applications. While it is not necessary that advanced computer engineering be studied, students should nevertheless be made familiar with the uses of the computer in administration. Beyond learning how to operate a computer, the article states that students, especially adult learners, first have to be made not to fear this instrument of the age of information so that they will be comfortable when learning its applications. |
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