INSTRUCTIONAL USES OF COMPUTERS IN BOYS, GIRLS, AND COEDUCATIONAL SENIOR HIGH-SCHOOLS IN TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA

Questionnaire methods were used to obtain data from a systematic sampl e of 167 teachers in 110 Taiwan senior high schools during the months of September 1991 through January 1992. This represents a return rate of 70.8 percent from a target sample of 236 teachers in 118 schools. I t was found that (1) All schools installed IBM-compatibles. (2) More s cience, math, and artistic/technical teachers had experiences with tea ching computer courses and using computers as tools. (3) Programming a nd using word processors, databases, and spreadsheets dominated a comp uter course. (4) Few teachers used computers as communication tools. ( 5) The implementation of instructional computers was strongly recommen ded. (6) Teachers suggested that lack of training, hardware, software, and time for designing software and instruction were the greatest dif ficulties. (7) The most-needed training topics were computer literacy, using computers as tools, and using software suited to teaching envir onments.