Evaluation and Research in Education
Editor: Professor Keith Morrison, Inter-University Institute of Macau
Associate Editor: Professor Stephen Gorard, University of York
Statistical Adviser: Professor Colin Baker, University of Wales Bangor
Reviews Editor: Dr. Emma Smith, University of York
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Volume: 15 Number: 3 Page: 164–171
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ICT and Teaching for Understanding
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Steve Higgins
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This article considers some of the possibilities of the ways in which Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can support teaching for understanding in primary schools. Drawing on research analysed
for a Teacher Training Agency (TTA) study and work in progress in the North East of England supporting ICT training for serving teachers in England it suggests that there are clear possibilities for improving
learners' understanding using ICT. However, there are also limitations, such as pupils' access to ICT, teachers' beliefs and knowledge of their subjects and their ICT skills as well as the rapid changes
in technology itself, all of which make it difficult for these possibilities to be assimilated effectively.
© Multilingual Matters 2001
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