Showing papers by "Frank Hardman published in 1999"

Ways forward with ICT: Effective Pedagogy Using Information and Communications Technology for Literacy and Numeracy in Primary Schools.

Abstract: This report reviews and summarizes the findings of a research and development project investigating effective pedagogy using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in literacy and numeracy in primary schools in Great Britain. It also provides information about the main stages of the research process and the model of teaching and learning underpinning the team's approach to supporting and investigating teachers' development, and it provides illustrations of effective practice rich enough to encompass the complexity of the choices teachers have made in deciding when, when not and how to use ICT to strengthen their teaching in literacy and numeracy. Included in the report are a number of examples illustrating effective use of ICT by teachers. After a summary and an outline description of the project, the report presents 12 illustrations showing how teachers in the project used ICT to support their teaching of literacy and numeracy; these illustrations are the main outcomes from the development work and its analysis. (Contains 12 tables and figures of data. Appendixes contain survey results, existing research and publications about ICT, a brief review of research on effective pedagogy, some relationships between teachers' thinking and observed behavior, the range of schools in the development phase, gains in pupils' attainment during the development work, and a 15-item list of related Web sites.) (RS) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Ways forward with ICT: effective pedago...iteracy and numeracy in primary schools http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00001369.htm U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) O This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE 1 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY

Post-16 english teaching: From recitation to discussion

Abstract: In an earlier study of the discourse styles of 10 teachers of post-16 English from the northeast of England it was found that teacher-led recitation dominated the classroom discourse thereby imposing linguistic and cognitive constraints on the students. In a follow-up study, four of the teachers were coached in the use of strategies designed to break the recitation script in order to promote wider communicative and more cognitively demanding options for the students. The findings of the current study support the use of such strategies as a means of developing the quality of classroom discourse in post-16 English teaching. The need for more extensive research into teacher/student interaction is considered, together with the need for rigorous measures of quality.

Evaluating the effectiveness of the National Literacy Strategy: identifying indicators of success

Abstract: In 1998, the Government introduced the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) in all primary schools in England in a bid to raise literacy standards. The first cohort of primary schools in the northern Local Education Authority ( n = 19) implemented the project in January 1997, the second cohort ( n = 20) began in September 1997. Each cohort consisted of three different year groups (Year 2, Year 4 and Year 6). The aim of this project was to focus upon exam results from these schools and thereby identify possible predictors of success (e.g. socio-economic status, age of pupils, teaching and learning style). We looked at differences within and between each cohort. We also carried out in-depth case studies of three northern schools. Each case-study involved interviews with key staff. The wider implications of the findings for the implementation of the NLS and for the training needs of teachers are considered.

The Relevance of GCSE mathematics and english as preparation for employment

Abstract: In order to investigate the relevance of GCSE mathematics and English as preparation for employment in small to medium-sized companies, qualitative data from interviews with supervisors/managers, employees and teachers were gathered. It was found that employers and employees regard much of what is taught in GCSE English and mathematics as not directly relevant to the workplace, and that their concerns with respect to literacy and numeracy are specific and limited. There were calls for more practical mathematics and a greater emphasis on the development of oral communication and interpersonal skills. Although teachers were supportive of these developments, they warned of the dangers of the curriculum becoming too narrow, emphasising that education has a much broader role than preparing young people for narrowly defined workplace skills. The implications of the findings for the development of a more work-related curriculum are also considered.