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Perspectives on the relationships between ICT and assessment
A. McFarlane
  Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol
Correspondence: Professor Angela McFarlane, University of Bristol, Graduate School of Education,35 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1JA. Email: a.e.mcfarlane@bristol.ac.uk
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KEYWORDS
Assessment • IT-use • Knowledge building • Learning outcomes • Practice • Policy • School

ABSTRACT

Abstract There are at least three perspectives on ICT in schools which influence policy and practice. This paper considers the relationship between each of these perspectives: as a tool, as learning support and as revolutionary agent, and the relationship of each to assessment. It proposes that ultimately what determines the role ICT plays in school-based learning depends on the value attributed to learning outcomes. While national assessments continue to reward specified content knowledge above knowledge building abilities, the use of ICT will continue to cause tensions in the classroom.


Accepted 14 May 2001

DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI)
10.1046/j.0266-4909.2001.00177.x About DOI

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