Exploring ICT Integration as a Tool to Engage Young People at a Flexible Learning Centre |
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| Authors: | Kimberley Luanne Wilson Suzi Ursula Boldeman |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Education/School of Indigenous Australian Studies, James Cook University, 101 Angus Smith Drive Douglas, Townsville, QLD, 4814, Australia
2. Townsville Flexible Learning Centre, Edmund Rice Education Australia Flexible Learning Centre Network, 22?C26 Ingham Road West End, Townsville, QLD, 4810, Australia
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| Abstract: | The Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Learning Centres aim to provide a supportive learning environment for young people who find themselves outside of the mainstream secondary schooling system. Drawing on twenty first Century learning principles, the Centres aim to deliver a personalised learning experience with an emphasis on flexibility and individual choice. Provision of a comprehensive curriculum enables young people to make positive future life choices and successfully transition into employment and further training. The aim of this research project has been to work with teaching staff at a Flexible Learning Centre in North Queensland, Australia, to explore the value of integrating ICT in the form of Web 2.0 technologies to enhance young people??s engagement with the subject of science. The findings of this case study suggest that ICT integration is effective in revitalising science education interest for disengaged young people. This may have wider implications in relation to general concerns of declining student interest and participation in science in the secondary years of schooling. |
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