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 ICT and Creativity in Education: Examining the Effect That New Labour Policy Had on Creative ICT Practice, and Why This Practice isImportant
 A dissertation submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Humanities
2011James Dumolo Ralley School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
 
2LIST OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS, INITIALISMS, AND ACRONYMS ………………………………….. 3 ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………………………………............. 4DECLARATION ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STATEMENT ……………………………………………….. 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ………………………………………………………………………….. 7ICT AND CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION: EXAMINING THE EFFECT THATNEW LABOUR POLICY HAD ON CREATIVE ICT PRACTICE, AND WHY THISPRACTICE IS IMPORTANT ………………………………………………………………………. 8New Labour and ICT ……………………………………………………………………………….. 13New Labour's Education Policy …………………………………………………………. 13New Labour's ICT Policy in Education ……………………………………………….. 15The Creative Use of ICT …………………………………………………………………………… 22 What is ICT? …………………………………………………………………………………… 22 What is Creativity? …………………………………………………………….……………. 22 Why was Creativity Important for New Labour? ..………………………………. 24 What Place did ICT Have in the Creativity Agenda? ……..…………………….. 27Case Studies of Creative ICT Practice ………………………………………………… 32Engagement With ICT …………………………………………………………………………….. 39Digital Natives ………………………………………………………………………………… 39The Digital Divide and Digital Literacy ……………………………………………… 41Their Space and the Third Space ………………………………………………………. 43ICT and Education After New Labour ……………………………………………………….. 48New Labour's Legacy ………………………………………………………………..…….. 48The Coalition's Education Policy …………………………………………………….... 50The Coalition's ICT Policy in Education ………………………………………........ 53Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 55Summation …………………………………………………………………………………….. 55Questions for Future Study ………………………………………………………………. 57Final Remarks ………………………………………………………………………………… 58REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 60FINAL WORD COUNT: 14,749
 
3 ABBREVIATIONS, INITIALISMS, AND ACRONYMS ATP Approved Training ProviderBecta British Educational Communications and Technology Agency BIS Department for Business, Innovation and SkillsCCE Creativity, Culture and EducationCPD Continuing Professional DevelopmentCSFC Children, Schools and Families CommitteeDCMS Department for Culture, Media and SportDfE Department for EducationDfEE Department for Education and EmploymentEBac English BaccalaureateESRC The Economic and Social Research CouncilGCSE General Certificate of Secondary EducationICT Information and Communication Technology KS Key StageLEA Local Education Authority NACCCE National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural EducationNCSL National College for School Leadershipnfer National Foundation for Educational ResearchNGfL National Grid for LearningNOF New Opportunities FundOECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentOfsted The Office for Standards in Education (now the Office forStandards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills)PISA Programme for International Student AssessmentRSA Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures andCommerceSATs National Curriculum assessmentsSTEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)TED Technology Entertainment and DesignTDA Training and Development Agency for SchoolsTTA Teacher Training Agency 
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