An investigation of the affordances of ICT for the development of effective pedagogy in mathematics and science classrooms - the i-ped project.

<p>The i-ped project aimed to develop research capacity in three institutions; Swansea Metropolitan University (SMU), University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) and Trinity College Carmarthen (TCC) by working collaboratively with a mixture of experienced and novice researchers with</p> <p>the aim of gaining external funding for research into the affordances of ICT for the development of effective dialogical pedagogies in mathematics and science classrooms.</p> <p>The capacity building element of the project aimed to develop research skills and theoretical understanding amongst the group through collaborative research activity in preparation for the submission of a research proposal</p> <p>for external funding.This capacity building was not intended to occur in a purely theoretical context.The team had been gathered with the intention of investigating a complex area of pedagogy that was significant in the Welsh context but was currently under-researched.</p>