Researching IT in Education

Identifying valuable approaches for future work in the sub-discipline of IT in education, this book addresses the wide criticisms that have been levelled at research in this area.

Anne McDougall, John Murnane, Anthony Jones and Nick Reynolds are all at The University of Melbourne, Australia.

@contents: Selected Contents: 1. Theory and History, Questions and Methodology: Current and Future Issues in Research into ICT in Education Anne McDougall & Anthony Jones (Australia) 2. The Changing Nature of Researching IT in Education Margaret Cox (UK) 3. Technology as Trojan Horse. A 'Generation' of IT Practice, Policy and Research in New Zealand Schools Vince Ham (New Zealand) 4. Transformative Application of Research and Learning Praxis in Education: Current and Future Trends in ICT Integration Paul Nleya (Botswana) 5. The Practical Power of Theoretically-Informed Research into Innovation Bridget Somekh (UK) 6. Analysing the Impact of IT on Activity and Learning Steve Kennewell (UK) 7. Models for Exploring and Characterising Pedagogy with IT Mary Webb (UK) 8. Setting a New Course for Research in Information Technology Bob Munro (UK) 9. Why "What Works" is Not Enough for Research on IT in Education Geoff Romeo & Glenn Russell (Australia) 10. From Integration to Transformation Andrew Fluck (Australia) 11. 'Educational IT' Research Methodology: Looking Back and Moving Forward Peter Twining (UK) 12. Using IT to Study Teaching With and About IT Anthony Jones (Australia) 13. Global Interdisciplinary Research into the Diffusion of IT Innovations in Education Niki Davis (USA) 14. Design and Analysis of Technology Based Field Experiments in Mathematics: A Methodology for Networking Research Teams Rosa Maria Bottino (Italy) 15. Methods for Investigating Young Children's Learning and Development Kleopatra Nikolopoulou (Greece) 16. Development of ICT Learning Aids for Informatics Sigrid Schubert, Peer Stechert & Stefan Freischlad (Germany) 17. A Tangled and Complex Web: Assessment, Learning and IT at the Very Heart of Teacher Knowledge Deirdre Cook (UK) 18. Visualization, Multimodality and Learning with IT John Vincent & Herminia Azinian (Australia, Argentina) 19. The Enjoyment of Learning in Digital Environments Franziska Spring-Keller (Switzerland) 20. E-Teaching Readiness of Teachers Andrea Karpati (Hungary) 21. Different Perspectives on IT and the Learning of Mathematics Anna Kristjansdottir (Iceland) 22. Intelligent Computer-Aided Assessment in Mathematics Classrooms Christine Bescherer, Ulrich Kortenkamp, Wolfgang Muller & Christian Spannagel (Germany)