Improving Classroom Learning with ICT

Weaving together evidence of teachers’ and learners’ experiences of ICT, the authors:

• explain why the process of integrating ICT is not straightforward;
• discuss whether hardware and infrastructure alone are sufficient to ensure full integration and exploitation of ICT investment;
• emphasise the pivotal role that teachers play in supporting learning with ICT across the curriculum;
• argue that teachers need a greater understanding of how to put ICT to use in teaching and learning;
• highlight that out-of-school use of ICT has an impact on in-school learning;
• consider what kinds of professional development are most effective in supporting teachers to use technologies creatively and productively.

Case studies are used to illustrate key issues and to elaborate a range of theoretical ideas that can be used in the classroom.

This book will be of interest to all those concerned with maximising the benefits of ICT in the classroom.