Literacy, learning and ICT

ISBN-13: 9783639132830 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 304 str.

Bernadette Cassidy

Opis

During the late 1980s and early 1990s there was a huge effort in the United Kingdom to increase ICT resources within the education sector based on the principle of a positive relationship between ICT and literacy levels. There had been some research into the literacy and ICT relationship within mainstream schools; but little research on the same topic in special schools with children and young people with learning difficulties. Theories of learning suggest all students need a range of learning resources including ICT. The question is whether ICT has particular relevance for those with learning difficulties. The findings suggest a disparity between having an ICT policy and the practice of ICT. ICT was being taught rather than utilised as a teaching tool, furthermore, ICT did not appear to raise literacy levels, and in the absence of a comprehensive and holistic framework, ICT may lead to the erosion of some skills in other aspects of literacy.The author concludes with the recommendation of an evidence-based model for learning resources and support provision which is student-centred and describes a working model in practice.

O autorze

Bernadette was awarded her doctorate in Information Management
for her thesis entitled The Role of ICT on the Literacy Levels
of Young People with Learning Difficulties . She is passionate
about the role that information technology can play in assisting
people with disabilities to lead independent lives