Learning and Teaching Using ICT in Secondary Schools

by John Woollard

Overview

Motivated by the conviction that ICT should be used as an effective tool, this book shows how it can support teaching and learning in the classroom and in the virtual world of school intranet, websites and learning platforms. Practical tasks and teaching tips demonstrate how imaginative use of technology can promote creative and enthusiastic teaching, as well as enable new approaches to teaching and learning. It includes descriptions of new technologies and systems and how they can be used, as well as guidance on the software, and activities to engage pupils in their own learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844450787
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/16/2007
Series:	Achieving QTS Series , #1557
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.73(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

John Woollard is a lecturer in information technology education at the School of Education, University of Southampton. He was teacher-in-charge and head of department in three different Hampshire schools before becoming a teacher advisor for IT and SEN. During the early 1990s John had a variety of positions as consultant, advisor and inspector. John was a Registered OFSTED Inspector for primary schools as well as team inspector for secondary ICT, mathematics and SEN. John now teaches on the MSc computer based learning and initial teacher training programmes and completed his Ph D in 2004. His research focus is pedagogy and the teaching of difficult concepts in and with computers including e-learning and computer assisted assessment.

Table of Contents

Part 1: ICT – Generic skills, knowledge and understanding
The skills of ICT
The knowledge of ICT
The concepts of ICT
Part 2: ICT - Supporting teaching and classroom management
One of those days in the ICT room
Enhancing class teaching with ICT
Health and safety when using ICT
Inclusion and meeting individual needs
Part 3: ICT - Supporting learning and student development
Pedagogical content knowledge
Assessment for learning through ICT
Communicating, manipulating and using images
Thinking skills and social learning through ICT
Part 4: ICT - The future and the wider world
Education for sustainable development (ESD)
The social, economic, ethical and moral implications of ICT
ICT and Citizenship
Using ICT to support your research and studies
Teaching with newer technologies
Appendices
Glossary of terms
ICT in your subject
Sample teaching units for ICT
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Simple, readable, easy to navigate and bang up-to-date" (Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton)

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