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

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

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.

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

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.