A study of two schools’ use of ICT presented at this year’s British Educational Research Association conference in Leeds and recently published on the Internet could be of interest to primary heads.
The schools’ very different approaches illustrate how technology can extend and change teaching practice even if it is not “cutting-edge”.
“There is a danger that schools feel that they must continue to update their hardware and software,” say the authors, who suggest that an innovative approach to teaching and learning is more important.
“ICT and innovative pedagogy,” by Dr Susan Harris, Dr Alison Kington and Ms Barbara Lee of the National Foundation for Educational Research can be seen on the Leeds University “Education-line” website. To access this information search by author at www.leeds.ac.uk educol
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