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Primary Schools and ICT: Learning from pupil perspectives
Neil Selwyn
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The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in primary schools is often problematic and frustrating for teachers and pupils alike. Drawing on a study of the experiences and perceptions of over 600 primary pupils, this book explores how ICT provision may be improved from a 'bottom-up' perspective - considering a number of radical suggestions for recasting primary schools as sites of innovative, imaginative and empowering technology use. There have been relatively few empirical studies of primary school IT use, and very few studies of pupils' perceptions of using technologies in primary schools. This book addresses the lack of 'learner ... Read more
The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in primary schools is often problematic and frustrating for teachers and pupils alike. Drawing on a study of the experiences and perceptions of over 600 primary pupils, this book explores how ICT provision may be improved from a 'bottom-up' perspective - considering a number of radical suggestions for recasting primary schools as sites of innovative, imaginative and empowering technology use. There have been relatively few empirical studies of primary school IT use, and very few studies of pupils' perceptions of using technologies in primary schools. This book addresses the lack of 'learner ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855395787
SKU
V9781855395787
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About Neil Selwyn
Neil Selwyn has been a prominent academic writer and researcher in the area of education and technology for the past twelve years. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the London Knowledge Lab - a multimillion pound research unit in the University of London, UK bringing together computer and social scientists from a very broad range of fields, and home ... Read more
Reviews for Primary Schools and ICT: Learning from pupil perspectives
"This book looks at primary ICT from a very different perspective by placing pupils at the heart of thinking on ICT, rather than being led by the technology...It uses the views of over 600 pupils to draw out what it is about ICT that excites, motivates and interest children in and outside the classroom. Here is a book that uses ... Read more