These proceedings derive from an international conference on the history of computing and education. This conference is the second of hopefully a series of conferences that will take place within the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and hence, we describe it as the "Second IFIP Conference on the History of Computing and Education" or simply "History of Computing and Education 2" (HCE2). This volume consists of a collection of articles presented at the HCE2 conference held in association with the IFIP 2006 World Computer Congress in Santiago, Chile. Articles range from a wide variety of educational and computing perspectives and represent activities from five continents. The HCE2 conference represents a joint effort of the IFIP Working Group 9. 7 on the History of Computing and the IFIP Technical Committee 3 on Education. The HCE2 conference brings to light a broad spectrum of issues. It illustrates topics in computing as they occurred in the "early days" of computing whose ramifications or overtones remain with us today. Indeed, many of the early challenges remain part of our educational tapestry; most likely, many will evolve into future challenges. Therefore, these proceedings provide additional value to the reader as it will reflect in part the future development of computing and education to stimulate new ideas and models in educational development. These proceedings provide a spectrum of interesting articles spanning many topics of historical interest.

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The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

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Inhalt
Invited Paper.- Forty Years of Computers and Education.- Invited Panel.- Evolution of Computing in Spanish-Speaking Countries.- Refereed Papers.- Great Expectations.- Nineteen Sixties History of Data Base Management.- A Creative Approach to Educational Computing.- Education and Software Engineering.- Early Computer Awareness Courses in Australian Secondary Schools.- From Learning to Use Towards Using to Learn.- Human Resources Education in Computing at Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela.- Language History A Tale of Two Countries.- Computing Behind the Iron Curtain and Beyond Hungarian National Perspective.- Revolutionary Development of Computer Education A Success Story.- The First Decade of Computer Science in Argentina.- Some Aspects of the Argentine Reception of the Computer.- The Beginning of Computer Science in Argentina Clementina - (19611966).- Evolution of Computer Science Degrees at Science School-University of Buenos Aires (FCEN-UBA).