History, Ict And Learning In The Secondary School

111 History, ICT and Learning in the Secondary School 0 113 Despite the high profile of ICT in education, finding practical and meaningful ways to integrate ICT with lessons can be a difficult and overwhelming task. This book explores the current use and the potential of ICT in the secondary history curriculum, and offers sound theory and practical advice to help secondary history teachers use ICT effectively. 0 Key areas covered are: 0 0 11 • • • • • • Getting started in ICT and history Short, medium and long-term planning Using ICT to develop historical understanding and skills Data handling in the history classroom ICT and maps Integrating virtual resources with the real world of teaching and learning With contributions from leading academics and practitioners in history education, this book will be important reading for all secondary history teachers and trainee teachers, and will also be of interest to upper primary school teachers. Terry Haydn is a senior lecturer in education at the University of East Anglia. Christine Counsell is a lecturer in education at the University of Cambridge. 111 History, ICT and Learning in the Secondary School 0 113 0 0 0 11 Edited by Terry Haydn and Christine Counsell First published 2003 by RoutledgeFalmer 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeFalmer 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. RoutledgeFalmer is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2003 Selection and editorial matter, Terry Haydn and Christine Counsell; Individual chapters, the contributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-22228-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-27678-7 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0–415–26349–2 (pbk) ISBN 0–415–30531–4 (hbk) 111 Contents 0 113 0 List of illustrations Introduction vii 1 TERRY HAYDN 1 Computers and history: rhetoric, reality and the lessons of the past 11 TERRY HAYDN 2 The use of ICT for teaching history: slow growth, some green shoots. Findings of HMI inspection, 1999–2001 38 SCOTT HARRISON 3 The forgotten games kit: putting historical thinking first in long-, medium- and short-term planning 52 CHRISTINE COUNSELL 0 0 11 4 Building learning packages: integrating virtual resources with the real world of teaching and learning 109 BEN WALSH 5 Relating the general to the particular: data handling and historical learning 134 DAVE MARTIN 6 ICT + maps: a significant development for teachers of history LEZ SMART WITH MIRIAM NORTON 152 vi Contents 7 Using ICT to develop historical understanding and skills 176 ISOBEL RANDALL 8 What do they do with the information? Working towards genuine interactivity with history and ICT 192 TER