Pedagogy and Learning with ICT: Researching the Art of Innovation

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Bridget Somekh draws on her experience of researching the introduction of ICT into education to look back over ICT development over the last 20 years through her previously unpublished work. Content: Insights from socio-cultural theory : a framework for research and analysis -- Inside innovation : learning from research into pedagogy and learning with ICT -- Engaging with innovation : learning from intervention -- The human interface : hidden issues in computer-mediated communication affecting use in schools -- Supporting information and communication technology innovations in higher education -- New technology and learning : policy and practice in the UK, 1980-2010 -- Taking the sociological imagination to school : an analysis of the (lack of) impact of ICT on education systems -- The role of evaluation in ensuring excellence in communications and information technology initiatives -- Methodological issues in identifying and describing the way knowledge is constructed with and without ICT -- Mapping learning potential : students' conceptions of ICT in their world. Abstract: Drawing on the author's experience of researching the introduction of ICT into education, this book provides an analysis of the nature of learning, ICT pedagogies and the processes of change for teachers, schools and education systems. It covers various issues relating to the innovation of ICT including the process of change. Read more...