Bridget Somekh draws on her experience of researching the introduction of ICT into education to look at ICT development over the last twenty years. The book provides a fascinating, in-depth analysis of the nature of learning, ICT pedagogies and the processes of change for teachers, schools and education systems. It covers the key issues relating to the innovation of ICT that have arisen over this period, including:
- the process of change
- educational vision for ICT
- teacher motivation and engagement
- the phenomenon of fit to existing practices
- systemic constraints
- policy and evaluation of its implementation
- students motivation and engagement
- the penetration of ICT into the home
- online learning and the disembodied teacher.
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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| PART I Understanding Innovation |
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1 Insights from socio-cultural theory: a framework for research and analysis |
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2 Inside innovation: learning from research into pedagogy and learning with ICT |
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3 Engaging with innovation: learning from intervention |
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| PART II Challenges of Change |
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4 The human interface: hidden issues in computer-mediated communication affecting use in schools |
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5 Supporting information and communication technology innovations in higher education |
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| PART III Challenges of Policy and Practice |
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6 New technology and learning: policy and practice in the UK, 1980-2010 |
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7 Taking the sociological imagination to school: an analysis of the (lack of) impact of ICT on education systems |
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| PART IV Research Methods for ICT in Education |
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8 The role of evaluation in ensuring excellence in communications and information technology initiatives |
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9 Methodological issues in identifying and describing the way knowledge is constructed with and without ICT |
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10 Mapping learning potential: students' conceptions of ICT in their world |
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| Notes |
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| References |
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| Index |
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Bridget Somekh is Professor of Educational Research and Director of the Centre for ICT, Pedagogies and Learning at the Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
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