Interactive children, communicative teaching : ICT and classroom teaching / Deirdre Cook and Helen Finlayson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Deirdre, 1943-

Contributor:

Finlayson, Helen, 1945-

Series:

Enriching the primary curriculum--child, teacher, context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer-assisted instruction.

Information technology.

Telecommunication in education.

Computer-assured instruction.

Local Subjects:

Computer-assured instruction.

Physical Description:

xv, 142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1999.

Contents:

1 ICT learning at home and at school 7

The child 9

Experimenting and learning 10

Children's attitudes towards computers 12

Learning in a social context 13

The context 14

The electronic context of home and school 14

Reading support toys 15

Robots 15

The teacher 18

Evidence of early learning 19

Looking for signs of progression 20

Establishing continuity of learning 21

Recording assessment evidence 22

2 Taking play seriously 25

Adult roles in play and learning 33

Linguistic context 37

Extending and enhancing learning using ICT 38

Hardware and its play potential 39

Software and its play potential 40

Assisting performance 41

Quality play 42

Steps in data collection for assessment in play and ICT use 43

3 ICT as a learning tool 47

Making sense of what computers let us do 50

Presentation of the learning task 54

Sharing solutions 56

Techniques and processes in ICT 57

Encouraging learning display 58

Teacher directed approach 58

Introducing and supporting new software 59

Pedagogic control and the choice of software 60

Pupils' contribution to assessment 63

4 Managing learning 66

The learning context 69

The classroom climate 71

The setting 72

Teachers' personal learning in ICT 76

The teacher's role 77

Children's participation 79

Children's space 80

Children acting within contexts 81

Differentiation 82

Children's contribution to assessment 83

5 Supporting learning 86

Grouping children 90

The role of peers in supporting learning 92

The role of talk at the computer 93

The idea of 'pre'-scaffolding 96

Intervention: assisting actual performance 97

Training for working together 100

Assessing aspects of group work 101

6 Whole school issues 105

Children's needs 110

Access and opportunity 110

Children's experience of ICT throughout the school 112

ICT development plan 114

Curriculum mapping and schemes of work 115

Professional development and ICT 118.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [132]-137) and index.

ISBN:

0335200214

0335200206

OCLC:

40675112