Literacy, learning and ICT:: the role of ICT in developing literacy skills in students with learning difficulties - Softcover

Cassidy, Bernadette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639132831 ISBN 13: 9783639132830

Verlag: VDM Verlag, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: VDM Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3639132831
• ISBN 13: 9783639132830
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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