Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 The Introduction of Information Technology; 2 The Relationship between Computers and Schools; 3 Research on Information Technology; 4 Students' Attitudes to Computers; the Experience at Home; 5 Students' Attitudes to Computers and their Utility; 6 Students' Experience of Computers; 7 The Uses of Ict in Schools; 8 How Ict is Taught; 9 The Uses of Computers; 10 Ict in the Context of School; 11 The Contemporary School Experience; 12 The Electronic Age and Schooling; References; Index
Summary
Using research from a variety of secondary schools, the authors suggest ways to enable reality to match the ambitious expectations of political initiatives and investment in ICT in schools. This informative book is of importance, not only to teachers but also to educational researchers and policy-makers