Learning in School, Home and Community ICT for Early and Elementary Education

Many teachers are hesitant as to how to teach about ICT and, at the same time, integrate ICT into subject-based learning. Parents and the community-at-large have goals that differ from the goals espoused by teachers and students. This volume highlights the concerns of all - students, teachers, paren...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marshall, Gail (Editor), Katz, Yaacov (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • One: Learning
  • Learning in school and out: Formal and informal experiences with computer games in mathematical contexts
  • Using technology to encourage social problem solving in preschoolers
  • Using electronic mail communication and metacognitive instruction to improve mathematical problem solving
  • Online searching as apprenticeship
  • The use of virtual reality three-dimensional simulation technology in nursery school teacher training for the understanding of children’s cognitive perceptions
  • Exploring visible mathematics with IMAGINE: Building new mathematical cultures with a powerful computational system
  • Cooperative networks enable shared knowledge: Rapid dissemination of innovative ideas and digital culture
  • Two: Teaching
  • Developing an ICT capability for learning
  • Separated by a common technology? Factors affecting ICT-related activity in home and school
  • The interaction between primary teachers’ perceptions of ICT and their pedagogy
  • Capacity building in tele-houses: A model for tele-mentoring
  • Three: Policy
  • ICT for rural education: A developing country perspective
  • National plans and local challenges: Preparing for lifelong learning in a digital society
  • Learning online: E-learning and the domestic market in the UK
  • Glimpses of educational transformation: Making choices at a turning point
  • How do we know that ICT has an impact on children’s learning? A review of techniques and methods to measure changes in pupils’ learning promoted by the use of ICT.