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Concerns about the poorly developed use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in UK schools resulted in the Labour Government deciding to pledge its commitment to provide further funding for the development of ICT in schools together...

This paper reports on the experiences of teachers participating in the field trials of new on-line curriculum materials and associated technologies in the UK. Background During the period January to July 2001, teachers in 60 secondary schools ...

In 2002 the British Educational Communications Technology Agency (BECTA) commissioned an evaluation of a pilot project of two models of on-line Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Science teachers in Secondary schools. The conduct of the...

Identifying and Supporting Good Practice in IT Teaching. The design, process and outcomes of a subject teacher workshop held at Keele University in May 2001 Abstract The ICT workshop reported in this paper was funded by the British Educational...

This brief paper provides an overview of the processes of an evaluation programme deployed as part of a national project in the United Kingdom to encourage the effective use of ICT to support and enhance subject teaching. The project is designed to ...

The conference delegates settled comfortably in their seats as the speaker rose to begin his presentation. “How many of you can think of a piece of educational research that has changed the way that you teach?” he asked. Not one hand was raised....

Since 1989 there has been a statutory curriculum in schools in both England and Wales. The curriculum for mathemat ics has been revised twice, with each new version requiring teachers to use information technology (IT) with students in mathematics....

This article explores the development of the Journal over the first 20 years of its existence, reflecting a period of ongoing change in educational technologies and their role in teacher education and development. This exploration is undertaken...

This article describes a project to apply and validate a conceptual framework of clusters of purposeful learning activity involving ICT tools. The framework, which is based in a socio-cultural perspective, is described as "DECK", and comprises the...