Primary pedagogy and interactive PowerPoint

Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.

The last decade has witnessed a massive increase in the use of ICT as a teaching and learning tool within the Primary classroom. Schools are indeed perceived as outmoded without the tools of the trade: the Interactive White Boards, ICT suites, websites and Virtual Learning Environments.

Within this climate the Interactive PowerPoint has emerged as a much utilised teaching and learning tool across all subjects, including history.

What has not changed, however are the ways in which young children learn most effectively in History using a social constructivist pedagogy in the classroom whereby the teacher facilitates..."