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€) EVA Brovrn B.Ed INFOR¡4ATION/WORD PROCESSING INSTRUCTION ÏN SELECTED CANADIAN SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY -€) EVA BRovrN B.Ed", U. of M., 1980 A THESIS Submitted to The University of Manitoba in partial fuLfillment of the requi-rements for the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATTON Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 1986 Permission has been granted Lrautorisation a êté accordée to the National Library of ã la Bibliothèque nationale Canada to mícrofilm this du Canada de microfilmer thesis and to lend or sell cette thèse et de prêter ou copies of the film. de vendre des exemplaires du f iIm. The author (copyright owner) Lrauteur ( titulaire du droit has reserved other d'auteur) se réserve l-es pubt icat ion rights and autres droits de publication; neither the thesis ' nor ni la thèse ni de longs extensive extracts from it extraits de celle-ci ne may be printed or otherwise doivent être imprimés ou reproduced without his/her autrement reproduits sans son written permission. autorisation écrite. tsBN Ø_3I5_33 g67_5 INFORMATION/WORD PRocESSING INSTRUCTION IN SELECTED CANADIAN SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY EVA BROI,]N A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies of the university of Manitoba in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION o L986 Permissiorr has bee¡r granted to the LIBRARY oF THE UNIVER- SITY OF MANITOBA to lend or sell copies of this thesis. to the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA to microfilnr this thesis arrd to lend or sell copies of the film, and UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS to publish an absrract of this thesis. The author reserves other publication rights, a¡rd neittrer the thesis nor extensive extracts from it may be printed or other- wise reproduced without the author's writtel¡ permission. ACKNOWLEDG¡4ENTS The writer gratefully acknowledges the encouragement and. guidance provided her during the period of study by Dr" George H" J. Porozny, Major Advisor and Thesis Committee Chai-rman; Special gratitude is expressed to Miss Isabella Dryden for her valuable assistance as Interim Advisor and for serving on the writerrs committee. Special thanks is extended to the other members of the writer¡s committee, Dr. Orest Capp and Dr. Bruce Sea1ey for their assistance, suggestions, and advice" The writer also wishes to thank the pilot committee for testing the questionnaire instrument and offering valuable suggestions and advice" Appreciation is expressed to all business education consultants, university business teacher education heads, superintendents, principals and business d.irectors who participated in this study with information and to business educators who participated as respondents " Finally, the writer wishes to thank her husband, Russel, for his support and encouragement during the period of the study, whose understanding has made this study a reality. 1a r_ IABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii LTST OF TABLES Vii ABSTRACT iX Chapter Ï " INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the problem Purpose of the Study Need for the Study Limitations Delimitations Definit.ion of Terms Organization of the Study II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 12 Introduction History of Information/Word processing Review of Related Studies/Literature Information/Word processing Curriculums in Secondary Education in Canada Summary IÏÏ " PROCEDURES 43 ' Introduction The Development of the Study Topic Selection of Participants The Research Questionnaire Instrument l_v PAGE ÏV. FINDTNGS 49 å::':?";åiii*.". in ïnformarion/word processins Education Adequacy of Information/lrlord processing Curriculum at the Secondary Level in Canada . Prerequisite Skills/Courses and Adequacy of Training of Secondary Level Graduates Adequacy of Business Teacher Education and Suggestions for Improvement by Business Educators Summary V. SUMM.A,RY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATÏONS 90 Introduction Summary Conclusions Recommendations for the Improvement of Business Education Recommendations for Further Research APPENDTCES IOO A - Principles of Instruction B Provincial Curriculums--Newfoundland Word. Processi-ng Course Outline (Pilot Project) C Provincial Curriculums--prince Edward Island Business Information processing D Provincial Curriculums--Nova Scotia Introduction to Word Processing (A TeachJ-ng Unj-t to be Used In the Business Education Program, pages 1 - B) E ProvinciaL Curriculums--euebec Word Processing I (An Experimental Course) F Provincial Curriculums--Ontario Integrated Office Systems program Section 6.7 Excerpts Keyboard.ing Program Section 6.9 Excerpts G - Provincial Curriculums--Manitoba Office Procedures 302 Excerpts Data Processing 302 Excerpts PAGE H Provincial Curriculums--Saskatchewan Computer Application 10, 20 And Computer Science 10, 20, 30 Excerpts I - Provincial Curriculums--Alberta Office Procedures L0-20-30, Module 5 Business Education L0-20-30 Optional Modules, Modules 14 and 15 J - Curriculum Outline, H. Bearg Study K Letters to Universities: Business Teacher Educators L LeÈters to Business Ed.ucation Consultants M - Letters to pilot Committee N Survey Instrument: euestionnaire O Letters to Superintendents, Business Directors P Letters to Business Educators A Thank you Letters R - Types of Microcomputers by province S Comments from Business Ed.ucators to Questj-on 6 T Coñments from Business Educators to Question 7 U - Comments from Business Educators to Question I0 V - Comments from Business Educators to Question 11 W - Enrolment of Schoo1 Divisi-ons Participating in this Study by Province X Suggested Journals BIBLÏOGRÄ,PHY 247 vt_ LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE I Number of Canadj-an Secondary Business Education Teachers Who Participated in this Study 51 2- Secondary Business Educators Teaching Information/Word Processing 52 3- Information/Vtord Processing Taught as a Component of Another Business Subject 54 4- Stud.ent Prerequisite Skills/Courses Required for Information/Word Processing 57 5- Secondary Business Educators Incorporating Theory/Concepts of Information/lrlord Processing in Their Teaching 60 6- Secondary Business Teachers Who Utilize Hands-On Hardware/Equipment in Teaching Information/Word Processing 61 7- Number of Equipment Utilized by Secondary Business Teachers in Teaching Information/!,Iord Processing 62 8- Dedicated Word. Processing Equipment Utilized in the Teachj-ng of Information/Word processing 63 9- Types of Microcomputers Utilized in the Teaching of Information/Vtord Processing t0 Peripheral Equipment (Printers) Utilized by Secondary Business Educators in the TeachJ_ng of Information/Word Processing 68 11 Peripheral Equipment (Disk Drives) Utilized by Secondary Business Educators in the Teaching of Information/Word Processing 69 L2 Peripheral Equipment (Miscellaneous) Utilized by Secondary Business Educators in the Teaching of Information/Word Processing 70 I3 Adequacy of Training Received by Current Graduating Secondary Level Students for Job Entry in fnformation/lriord Processinq 7 4 vl- ]- TABLE PAGE L4 Number of Years Secondary Business Educators Have Taught Information/ Vüord Processing " 78 15 Professional Development of Secondary Business Educators to Obtain Knowledge of Information/!,iord Processing 80 16 - Adequacy of Training of Secondary Business Educators to Teach Information/Vtord Processing 85 17 Suggest,ions for Improvement of the Education of Secondary Business Education Teachers 89 v].Ì ]- ABSTRACT Statement of the Problem The objective of this study was to investigate the development and current status of information/word process j-ng instruction at the second.ary leve1 in selected. Canadian public schools and to suggest changes to improve business ed.ucation instruction. Procedures Respondents to the questionnaire instrument were business educators from the ten Canadian provinces" Letters were sent to university business teacher educators, business education consuLtants, superintendents, principals, business directors, and business educators teaching or otherwise involved in information/word processing instruction" Three hundred eighty-two business ed.ucators were surveyed and three hundred seventeen (832) respondents returned questionnaires " Letters to university business educators also requested copies of the current business teacher ed.ucation course outlines. Letters to business education consultants requested copies of secondary business education curriculum outlines which included information/word processing" This information was used in the review of related literature. l_x Findings and Conclusions Hardware/Equipment Microcomputers were used by the majority of business educators teaching information/word processing. students enrolled in information/word processing programs received only a minimum (if any) exposure to ded.icated word processing hard.ware/equipment Curriculum rnformation/word processing was taught as a component of other business education subjects in arl provinces. A few schools taught information/word processing as a separate course or unit/module in other business education subjects. ErereguisiÇe Ski1ls /Course l.{ost business educators required students to have a knowledge of typewriting before studying information/word. processing. The majority of secondary leveI graduate students lrere inad.equatery trained. for job entry in information/word processing. This occurred because informatj-on/word processing is a ne\^¡ area in bus j_ness education and most students received only a minimum of instruction about j-nformation/word. processj-ng as part of their other business education subjects. Business Teacher Education Business educators obtained their knowred.ge
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