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This article considers the research literature of the past decade pertaining to the use of computers in early childhood education. It notes that there have been considerable changes in all aspects of our lives over this time period and considers...

This article reports on a study which interviewed 934 chil-dren ranging from 10 to 13 years of age about their owner-ship, use, and views of computer and video games. Computer games are viewed as an important part of the lives of children and we ...

This chapter explores the potential of computer technology in classroom environments. It considers the role of technology in elementary schools and suggests that computers will not be used effectively in educational contexts unless five conditions...

This paper describes the strategies and interactions of pairs of children (average age 7 years 4 months) while they worked on novel tasks in a computer microworld embedded within a mathematics curriculum. The curriculum encouraged the active...

Critical pedagogy is a perspective on teaching that seeks to increase equality, voice, individual & cultural expression and democracy in classrooms. The following three authors describe contexts in which they find critical pedagogy meaningful in...

The purpose of this paper is to explore ways in which teachers can use technology to create learning environments for their students. Such contexts are characterised by knowledge building and information exploration, which enable learners to use...

Last year there was a great deal of press discussion around a report produced by the Alliance for Childhood entitled Fool's gold: A critical look at computers in childhood. The report was critical of the amount of funding spent on introducing and...

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This paper considers new ways of thinking about and planning learning experiences in the middle years of schooling. It foregrounds the notion that educational experiences can be viewed as Learning by Design and explores the ways in which teachers...

In this paper we present a theoretical framework for effective teaching and learning in the 21st century that incorporates the use of effective and appropriate educational media. We focus on learning activities that exemplify pedagogy as knowing in...

Argumentation plays an important role in learning processes. However, due to the difficulties in modeling human cognitive processes with computers, there are few computer-based learning systems that facilitate argumentation dialogues between...