Educational implications of the microprocessor

The explosive growth of the use of the microcomputer, involving many automated processes now done partly or wholly by hand or by earlier automatic systems, will greatly influence the qualities required of those people working with such systems. Many traditional skills will be supplanted; others will be required. With this scenario, we must radically rethink how we educate children, especially those not destined for higher education and, of equal importance, how we should retrain our existing work force