Beyond Technology's Promise : An Examination of Children's Educational Computing at Home (Hardcover)

List of tables and figures; Preface; 1. The promise; 2. Studying the promise; 3. The absence of children's academic computering at home; 4. The availability of educational software; 5. The importance of parental encouragement and assistance; 6. The role of gender in home computer use; 7. School use of computers; 8. Children's preference for games; 9. Refining a new technology as a social innovation; 10. Viewing technology change as a social process; 11. Re-examining the home-school computer connection; 12. Where do we go from here?; Appendices; References; Index.