History, ICT and Learning in the Secondary School

by Terry Haydn (Editor), Christine Counsell (Editor)

This book explores the current use and potential of ICT in the secondary history curriculum, and offers sound theory and practical advice to help secondary history teachers use ICT effectively.

Key areas covered include:

getting started in ICT and history
short, medium and long-term planning
using ICT to develop historical understanding and skills
data handling in the history classroom
ICT and maps
integrating virtual resources with the real world of teaching and learning.

With contributions from leading academics and practitioners in history education, this book will be important reading for all secondary history teachers and trainee teachers, but will be of interest to upper primary school teachers too.

393 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 19, 2002

About the author

Terry Haydn is Professor of Education at the University of East Anglia, UK.