Ict, Pedagogy And The Curriculum

ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum This book explores the impact new information and communication technologies are having on teaching and the way children learn. The book addresses key issues across all phases of education, both in the UK and internationally. ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum looks at the relationship between ICT, paradigms of teaching and learning, and the way in which curriculum subjects are represented. Three principal areas are addressed: • • • the wider perception of ICT in society, culture and schooling the challenges to pedagogy the way in which ICT not only supports learning and teaching but changes the nature of curriculum subjects. The tensions between the use of technology to replicate traditional practices and the possibilities for transforming the curriculum and pedagogy are explored. This book offers an original and distinctively critical perspective on the way in which we understand ICT in education. It will be of interest to all primary and secondary teachers and those in initial teacher training concerned about current technology initiatives in education and how to respond to them. Avril Loveless is a Senior Lecturer in ICT in Education at the University of Brighton. Viv Ellis is Lecturer in English Education at the University of Southampton. ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum Subject to change Edited by Avril Loveless and Viv Ellis London and New York First published 2001 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, 2003. RoutledgeFalmer is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2001 selection and editorial matter Avril Loveless and Viv Ellis; 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 ICT, pedagogy and the curriculum: subject to change/edited by Avril Loveless and Viv Ellis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Educational technology. 2. Information technology. 3. Computer-assisted instruction. 4. Internet in education. 5. Education—Effect of technological innovations on. I. Loveless, Avril. II. Ellis, Viv, 1965– LB1028.3 .132 2001 371.33′4–dc21 0