Maths and Ict in the Primary School: A Creative Approach

by Richard English

By clearly outlining how ICT can enhance and improve children's learning, this book shows how to unleash the full potential of ICT within the classroom. Stimulating, useful and free of jargon, the book provides many practical examples to show teachers where, when and how ICT can be used effectively within their maths teaching. It provides advice creatively choosing ICT resources differentiation assessing ICT making the most of adult support.Rooted in the practical realities of the classroom, this book will support both trainee and qualified teachers in providing rich and creative maths experiences through the use of ICT.

172 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Richard English is a historian from Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast in 1963. His father, Donald English (1930–1998) was a prominent Methodist preacher. He studied as an undergraduate at Keble College, Oxford, and subsequently at Keele University, where he was awarded a PhD in History. He was first employed by the Politics Department at Queen's University Belfast in 1990 and became a professor in 1999. He is currently teaching at the University of St Andrews.