Search results for author:"Avril Loveless"
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Preparing to Teach with ICT: Subject Knowledge, Didaktik and Improvisation
Avril Loveless
Curriculum Journal Vol. 18, No. 4 (December 2007) pp. 509–522
The article argues that preparing to be, in Shulman's words, "ready, willing and able" to teach with ICT can be supported by an integrative framework of teacher professional knowledge which recognizes connections between subject domain knowledge,...
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Where Do You Stand to Get a Good View of Pedagogy?
Avril Loveless
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1283–1286
As teacher educators in the UK with a commitment to the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning, we live and work in ‘interesting times’, in which the cultural and political contexts of education and schooling...
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Technology, Pedagogy and Education: Reflections on the Accomplishment of What Teachers Know, Do and Believe in a Digital Age
Avril Loveless
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 20, No. 3 (2011) pp. 301–316
In 2004 "Technology, Pedagogy and Education" published a review of literature which framed current understandings of pedagogy and the implications for the use of ICT in learning and teaching in formal educational settings. This article revisits the...
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Visual Literacy and New Technology in Primary Schools: The Glebe School Project
Avril M. Loveless
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 8 (1997)
Examined how children approached digital imaging technology to produce a visual image and the knowledge and experience student teachers need to develop children's literacy. Found that children developed a range of strategies to assist them with...
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The Visual Arts and Information Technology in the Classroom
Avril M. Loveless
Computers in the Schools Vol. 13, No. 1 (1997) pp. 99–108
Examines the educational effectiveness of information technology in K-12 visual arts within the framework of medium, culture, and teacher role. Notes that a philosophical understanding of the contribution technology can make needs to be supported by ...
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Research as a creative activity
Avril Loveless; Sue Brindley
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 748–750
Recent concerns about constraints on creativity in current curriculum and assessment systems have prompted the development of conceptual frameworks for creativity in order to advise policy makers and practitioners. The paper presents a discussion of ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Creativity
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Where Do You Stand to Get a Good View of Pedagogy?
Avril M. Loveless
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000) pp. 337–349
This article gives an account of the development of a re-search perspective in pedagogy and information and commu-nication technologies (ICT) in the context of visual educa-tion and the digital arts. The process shows the movement from realism to...
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Models of Teacher Development for ICTs Integration: Examples from the 2001 SITE Proceedings
Peter Albion; Avril Loveless
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1230–1231
This paper identifies papers from the 2001 SITE conference which may serve as examples of strategies described in a forthcoming report on Models of Teacher Development for the Integration of ICTs in the Classroom. It provides convenient means of...
Topics: Integration
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Developing Conceptual Frameworks for Creativity, ICT and Teacher Education
Avril Loveless; Jeremy Burton; Keith Turvey
Thinking Skills and Creativity Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 2006) pp. 3–13
This paper presents the first phase of a study in teacher education, which explored how a conceptual framework for creativity with information and communication technology (ICT) might be developed and expressed in professional development for...
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International Perspectives: a Comparison of the ICT Environment in Japanese and British Classrooms
Yoichi Nonaka; Tatsuya Horita; Avril Loveless
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2368–2374
The environment of British classrooms was observed and the distinctive characteristics of Japanese and British classrooms were identified from 11 perspectives and put into organized form. Isolation of the distinctive characteristics of learning...
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CREATIVE USES OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: DEVELOPING VISUAL LITERACY AND ICT CAPABILITY
Avril Loveless; Terry Taylor; Richard Millwood
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2376–2380
The panel addresses the progression in practice and understanding in the development of visual literacy and ICT capability using digital media in seven projects over a period of five years. These projects were conducted as collaborations between...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Teachers, Literacy
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A Multi-dimensional Critique of IT Pedagogy
Avril M. Loveless; David J. Longman; Carol McDonnell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1301–1304
Niederhauser (1996) described the need for educators to “reassess what it means to be literate in our society”. He proposed a view of an ‘information society’ which demands critical thinking and problem-solving skills of the individual members of...
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A Multi-dimensional Critique of IT Pedagogy
Avril M. Loveless; David J. Longman; Carol McDonnell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 1301–1304
Niederhauser (1996) described the need for educators to “reassess what it means to be literate in our society”. He proposed a view of an ‘information society’ which demands critical thinking and problem-solving skills of the individual members of...
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Teachers' Knowing How to Use Technology: Exploring a Conceptual Framework for Purposeful Learning Activity
Tony Fisher; Tim Denning; Chris Higgins; Avril Loveless
Curriculum Journal Vol. 23, No. 3 (2012) pp. 307–325
This article describes a project to apply and validate a conceptual framework of clusters of purposeful learning activity involving ICT tools. The framework, which is based in a socio-cultural perspective, is described as "DECK", and comprises the...
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In Search Of The Revolutionary Power Of Critical Pedagogy: Issues Of Ideology, Power, And Culture In Technology Teacher Education
Glenn DeVoogd; Jerry Willis; Avril Loveless; Nicola Yelland
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2419–2424
Critical pedagogy is a perspective on teaching that seeks to increase equality, voice, individual & cultural expression and democracy in classrooms. The following three authors describe contexts in which they find critical pedagogy meaningful in...
Topics: Educational Technology
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On-line Continuing Professional Development for Teachers: Fact or Fantasy?
Tim Denning; Tony Fisher; Chris Higgins; Mike Johnson; Avril Loveless; Rob Tweats
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 691–692
In 2002 the British Educational Communications Technology Agency (BECTA) commissioned an evaluation of a pilot project of two models of on-line Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Science teachers in Secondary schools. The conduct of the...
Topics: Educational Technology, Secondary Education, Science, Professional Development, Evaluation