Empirical study on why, what, how and when

Abstract

This paper describes an empirical study on in-house teacher training for the use of computers in primary school lessons. In the training a common format is given to a trainee in order to construct a teaching program and to make the program known widely in the school, so that other teachers may join in discussing the program regardless of their experiences concerning computers. Discussions on constructing the teaching program by using the common format are given both from the epistemological viewpoint and from the teacher's standpoint.