Part 1:
Preparing to Use ICT in Teaching

a. Aims and Objectives

The teacher's aim for the sake of this case study is to develop learners' ability to understand patterns of cause and effect in Geography. In this case the learners are Key Stage 4 pupils.

Specifically, the teacher wants the pupils at this phase of their development to:

  • Investigate how birth rate and death rates affect total population.
  • Understand how changes in the birth rate and death rate affect the rate of population change.
  • Understand he causal effect of contraception on birth rate and population change.

Specifically, this case study will be a useful introduction to the Demographic Transition Model.

Questions for Consideration

  • How do you currently deal with this area of work in the classroom?
  • Do you use any ICT based methods to gather and present information, and how do you manage use of these?

Keep a short record of your responses to these questions for discussion with your mentor.

b. Deciding Whether to Use ICT