This text contains a range of issues relating to the use of ICT in the classroom. It is devised to build on knowledge already gained on ITT courses and encourage students and newly qualified teachers to consider and reflect on the issues, so that they can make reasoned and informed judgements about their teaching skills.
By:
Marilyn Leask (Brunel University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9780415238670
ISBN 10: 0415238676
Series: Issues in Teaching Series
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 22 March 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. The background to developments in the UK 2. Connecting schools and pupils to what end? 3. The Globalisation of Education 4. Teachers using technology 5. What does the average child need to know? 6. The role of the teacher: teacherless classrooms 7. Possibilities for change: a philosophical whole school approach to using ICT for teaching and learning 8. Creativity, Visual Literacy and ICT 9. SEN Issues in ICT 10. Making and Using Multimedia: A Critical Examination of Learning Opportunities 11. Videoconferencing: an expensive gimmick? 12. School Website a luxury or a necessity? 13. Opportunities for Lifelong learning in the community: does the school have a role and a responsibility? 14. Structures, ownership and purposes of electronic networks: the relationships between providers and users.
Reviews for Issues in Teaching Using ICT
'Covers all major issues in education at present...it takes the field forward by offering an up-to date critique which is needed to inform policy and practice.'- Steve Kennewell, University of Wales, Swansea 'The book is a useful addition to the literature on ICT in school as it sets the arguments in a contemporary context. This is a valuable book.' - Michael Hammond, Journal of Education for Teaching