Attitudes; Teaching Methods

A survey was conducted to determine the status of computer inservice training and computer usage among northern New Jersey educators. Approximately 500 questionnaires were distributed to teachers enrolled in a graduate educational leadership program to assess their previous computer usage, computer usage in schools, and perceived computer educational needs. Twenty-six percent of the surveys were returned, representing educators from 26 school districts in four counties; the sample included elementary teache:s (35%), middle/junior high teachers (13%), and content or special area teachers (45'0. Results indicate that: (1) more than half of the respontents still had not had any course work with computers; (9) among these who had taken courses, the most cited were overview of computers, Logo, BASIC, and word processing; (3) only 23 % stated that they had one computer in their classrooms and only another 11 % hav