First connections: teachers and the National Grid for Learning

Lyn Dawes

Computers & Education Vol. 33, No. 4 (1999) pp. 235–252

The swift introduction of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into schools is the aim of initiatives involving the teaching profession, parents and pupils, government and commercial interests. Teachers’ attempts to integrate ICT into...

Language: English

Teaching with the Dream Machines: The Representation of Teachers and Computers in Information Technology Advertising

Lyn Dawes; Neil Selwyn

Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 3 (1999) pp. 289–304

Examined the depiction and positioning of teachers, technology, students, and information technology (IT) firms in educational information and communications technology advertisements, discussing the paucity of teacher representation within...

From social interaction to individual reasoning: an empirical investigation of a possible socio-cultural model of cognitive development

Rupert Wegerif; Neil Mercer; Lyn Dawes

Learning and Instruction Vol. 9, No. 6 pp. 493–516

This study explores the theory that individual reasoning ability, as measured using standard reasoning tests, has part of its origin in dialogue with others. In the study, 64 eight- and nine-year-old children were taught the use of ‘exploratory talk’...

Language: English

Promoting Mr. ‘Chips’: the construction of the teacher/computer relationship in educational advertising

Neil Selwyn; Lyn Dawes; Neil Mercer

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 17, No. 1 (2001) pp. 3–14

The £1 billion government drive to integrate information and communications technology (ICT) into UK schools and colleges has been firmly focused on the technological transformation of the teaching profession. In particular, the establishment of a...

Talk about Texts at the Computer: Using ICT To Develop Children's Oral and Literate Abilities

Neil Mercer; Manuel Fernandez; Lyn Dawes; Rupert Wegerif; Claire Sams

Reading Vol. 37, No. 2 (2003) pp. 81–89

Describes the outcomes of recent research on children's talk while engaged in joint literacy activities in primary school. Uses the results to discuss the value of classroom talk and computer-based activities for promoting children's literacy...