Rövid leírás:

`A complete and well rounded approach to the subject' - Action Learning: Research and Practice

An essential starting point for any student or researcher about to embark on an action research project in the fields of organization studies, health studies and education studies, the fully revised and updated Second Edition provides an easy-to-follow, hands-on guide to every aspect of conducting an action research project.

Hosszú leírás:

Schools understand how important it is to incorporate Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into every subject if they want to deliver the curriculum in as accessible and exciting a way as possible.

The book focuses on aspects of ICT that Teaching Assistants (TAs) use in supporting learning across the curriculum and gives an overview of ICT as a subject, addressing some of the current issues. It includes advice on:

ousing ICT to support writing and the acquisition of literacy skills;

ohelping children to present information successfully, including the use of graphics, sound and cameras;

osupporting and developing electronic communication;

oideas for working with control aspects of ICT;

ohow ICT can enable children with SEN to access the curriculum.

The book suggests suitable games and packages to use to support various subjects, and also show how the TA can develop personal ICT skills that will support professional activities - such as record-keeping and presenting information to colleagues.

Examples from actual work done by TAs in schools are used throughout the book, and it is applicable to both Early Years and Primary settings.

Anyone studying for a Foundation Degree, or working towards HLTA status, will find the book meets their needs.

Tartalomjegyzék:

ICT in the Curriculum
Communication in Text
Presenting Information
Electronic Communication
Handling Information
Modelling and Control
ICT and the Future