Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology presents some of the recent theoretical developments in the cognitive and educational sciences and implications for the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the organization of school and university education. Internationally renowned researchers present theoretical perspectives with proposals for and evaluations of educational practices. Each chapter discusses different aspects of the use of ICT in education, including: *the role of perceptual processes in learning; *external cognition as support for interactive learning; *the role of meta-cognition; *simulation learning environments as cognitive tools; *the role of science controversy for knowledge integration; *the use of ICT in the development of educators; and *the role of narratives in education. ICT has great potential for revolutionizing education. Large investments of resources are being made, often without a strong understanding of how ICT will or should be implemented. The expectation is that students will show immediate improvements in terms of their motivation to learn and their learning achievements, but reality is different. Progress of ICT in education requires more than just computers in the classroom. It demands an understanding of the complex processes contributing to human learning and how they interact with new technologies. This text provides theoretical perspectives on the learning processes that can be used as a foundation for constructing pedagogically valuable tools based on ICT. The combination of results--from cognitive science and pedagogy, with more practically oriented suggestions for how ICT can be used in various forms of education--makes this book suitable for researchers and students in the cognitive and educational sciences, as well as for practitioners and planners of education.

Table of Contents:
Preface Miranda J. Green; Part 01 PART I: CELTIC ORIGINS; Section 01 1 Introduction: who were the Celts?; Section 01 Miranda J. Green; Section 02 2 The Early Celts: the evidence of language; Section 02 D. Ellis Evans; Section 03 3 The Celts through classical eyes; Section 03 David Rankin; Part 02 PART II: WARRIORS AND WARFARE; Section 04 4 The army, weapons and fighting; Section 04 J.N.G. and W.F. Ritchie; Section 05 5 Fortifications and defence; Section 05 Ian Ralston; Part 03 PART III: SOCIETY AND SOCIAL LIFE; Section 06 6 Power, politics and status; Section 06 Timothy Champion; Section 07 7 Appearance, life and leisure; Section 07 Glenys Lloyd-Morgan; Section 08 8 Celts and Romans: towards a Romano-Celtic society; Section 08 Barry C. Burnham; Part 04 PART IV: SETTLEMENT AND ENVIRONMENT; Section 09 9 People and nature in the Celtic world; Section 09 Martin Bell; Section 10 10 The first towns; Section 10 John Collis; Section 11 11 Rural life and farming; Section 11 Peter J. Reynolds; Part 05 PART V: THE ECONOMY; Section 12 12 Resources and industry; Section 12 Peter S. Wells; Section 13 13 Trade and exchange; Section 13 Peter S. Wells; Section 14 14 Coinage; Section 14 Daphne Nash Briggs; Section 15 15 Celtic seafaring and transport; Section 15 Sean McGrail; Part 06 PART VI: TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP; Section 16 16 The technology of metalwork: bronze and gold; Section 16 Peter Northover; Section 17 17 Ironworking in the Celtic world; Section 17 W.H. Manning; Section 18 18 Wood and the wheelwright; Section 18 Stuart Piggott; Section 19 19 The art of the potter; Section 19 Alex Gibson; Part 07 PART VII: THE ART OF THE CELTS; Section 20 20 The nature and function of Celtic art; Section 20 Ruth and Vincent Megaw; Section 21 21 The social implications of Celtic art: 600 BC to AD 600 376; Section 21 Martyn Jope; Section 22 22 Jewellery and adornment; Section 22 Sara Champion; Part 08 PART VIII: PAGAN CELTIC RELIGION; Section 23 23 Ritual and the druids; Section 23 Anne Ross; Section 24 24 Sanctuaries and sacred places; Section 24 Jane Webster; Section 25 25 The gods and the supernatural; Section 25 Miranda J. Green; Section 26 26 Burial and the Otherworld; Section 26 Gerald A. Wait; Part 09 PART IX: THE CELTS IN EUROPE; Section 27 27 The Celts in Italy; Section 27 Otto-Herman Frey; Section 28 28 The Celts in Spain; Section 28 Majolie Lenerz-de Wilde; Section 29 29 The Celts in France; Section 29 Olivier Büchsenschütz; Section 30 30 Celts of eastern Europe; Section 30 Elizabeth Jerem; Section 31 31 Celts and Germans in the Rhineland; Section 31 Colin Wells; Part 10 PART X: ON THE EDGE OF THE WESTERN WORLD; Section 32 32 The Celtic Britons under Rome; Section 32 Graham Webster; Section 33 33 Ireland: a world without the Romans; Section 33 Barry Raftery; Section 34 34 The early Celts in Scotland; Section 34 Euan W. MacKie; Section 35 35 The early Celts in Wales; Section 35 Jeffrey L. Davies; Part 11 PART XI: CELTIC BRITAIN POST AD 400; Section 36 36 Language and society among the Insular Celts 400–1000; Section 36 Thomas Charles-Edwards; Section 37 37 Early Christianity and its monuments; Section 37 Mark Redknap; Section 38 38 Mythology and the oral tradition: Ireland; Section 38 Proinsias Mac Cana; Section 39 39 Mythology and the oral tradition: Wales; Section 39 Sioned Davies; Part 12 PART XII: THE SURVIVAL OF THE CELTS; Section 40 40 Language and identity in modern Wales; Section 40 Wynne Lloyd; Section 41 41 The Celtic languages today; Section 41 Glanville Price; Index;