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Case studies from across the world
Emerging
Applying Infusing
Transforming
Ireland ?
Singapore ?
Africa ?
Ireland
Schools IT2000 National Centre for Technology in Education – Schools
IT 2000 InitiativesTechnology Integration Initiative (TII)Teaching Skills Initiative (TSI)Schools Integration Project (SIP)Interactive Software in the Curriculum (ISC)ScoilNet
Technology Integration Initiative (TII)Support technology planning and infrastructure
building in schoolsSupports schools with purchasing, planning, and
technical informationGrants provided to schoolsTarget of 60,000 multimedia computersEvery school has Internet access
Teaching Skills Initiative (TSI) ICT Course development and delivery for teachers120,000 training places since 1998, approx 10,000
annuallyRange of evolving courses to meet teacher needs
accreditation path courses to Grad. Dip & MastersOngoing course development to blended, online, e-
learning
Teaching Skills Initiative (TSI) Over 1,000 tutors recruited and trained to
deliver coursesAdministered through the local education
centre networkVery high demand from enthusiastic teachers
who were prepared to avail of the training in their own time
Teaching Skills Initiative (TSI) Primary School Training Courses
Introductory Phase One Introductory Phase Two ICT and the Primary Curriculum Intel Teach to the Future
Post Primary School Training Courses Post Primary Phase One Post Primary Phase Two Intel Teach to the Future Specialist Courses Maths, Music, Guidance etc.
Schools Integration Project (SIP)SIP is a collection of school-based projects focusing on the innovative use of ICT in teaching and learningover 70 projects involving more than 300 schoolsSIP is intended to: Inform future government expenditure on ICTDevelop resourcesSuggest new pedagogic strategiesDisseminate good practicePartnership:Support from industry, commerceSupport from third level colleges to projects in their region Inter-school networking involving clusters of schools working collaboratively
NCTE Educational Software Evaluation Pilot120 Software titles being evaluatedEvaluations published on ScoilNetSoftware libraries in education centresDiscounts and special licensing dealsIdentifying new software titles (UK, USA, Australia)Advice to companies developing new software
Interactive Software in the Curriculum
ScoilNet is the 'official' Irish educational web portalProviding on-line resources and information for teachers,
students and parentsRange of categorised educational content onlineCollaboration through the development of user communities
using discussion groupsPartnership with Intel IrelandPlatform for teachers to publish contentAttracts an average of 900,000 hits per month
Warde 2007
ScoilNet
Ireland: ICT professional development model The Schools IT2000 initiative teacher professional
development model of training is inadequate as well as outmoded
Need for a model based on current thinking about learning and social constructionist thatlooks beyond how teachers engage with technology to how teachers’ use of technology as they work alongside
their students allows them to redefine learning itself
Butler 2005
Where do you feel Ireland is on the knowledge ladder?
Share your reflections on the Irish experience of ICT
use in Education and Professional Development with your neighbour
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Singapore
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Singapore
Singapore: 1997 Masterplan for IT in EducationNational Institute of Education – Integration of ICT in
Education Key importance of teachers Human Resources
Training every teacher in effective use of IT in education Equipping trainee teachers with core skills in teaching with IT Involving institutions of higher learning and industry as partners in schools
Curriculum revision 3 types of IT courses – basic ICT, foundation, and elective courses
Infrastructure 2:1 teacher-computer ratio School-wide network High-speed multimedia network across Singapore
Singapore: Success Principles for use of ICT in Teacher Professional DevelopmentIntegrated cohesive plan with sufficient fundingInvolving all stakeholders
Especially the teachersCombining in-service and pre-service elementsSufficient technical support (infrastructure and mentoring
advice)Building on existing examples of successNeed for partnerships to ensure sustainabilityWider links to teacher professional development and
reward schemes
Singapore: Teacher achievements2001 survey of teacher achievements
24,000 teachers received 30-50 hours training in use of IT78% of teachers said that IT helped to make teaching more
student centredICT-pedagogical integration
A major concern30 hours of instruction not enough for ICT –pedagogy
integration proficiencyStudent - teachers want more ICT-Pedagogy integration in
the praticuumJung 2005, Unwin 2006
Share your reflections on the Singapore experience of ICT use in TPD with your neighbour
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Africa
Where would you place Singapore on the knowledge ladder?
Africa
DEEPDigital Education Enhancement ProjectOpen University (UK) and Fort Hare University (South Africa) Investigating use of new technologies to improve teaching and learning in
primary schools in Egypt and South AfricaUsing hand-held PDAs for teachersFocusing on
Advantages of handheld computers for TPDHow handhelds compliment other professional resourcesWhat curriculum development in literacy, numeracy and science is
enabled by the devices (DEEP http://www.open.ac.uk/deep)
Complex Landscape: Multiple InitiativesUp to sixty ICT-related Teacher Professional
Development programmes underway in Africa
Many of the programmes consist of ‘one-off, topic-led, short-term training programmes that aim to develop specific skills of teachers, but which do not necessarily comply with professional standards of competency development’
Isaacs and Farrell 2007 p20
Mathematics, Science and ICT EducationWorld Bank Study (2007) conducted in ten countries in sub-
Saharan AfricaSystematic use of ICT for teaching and learning purposes in TPD
programmes is lowStudents learn mainly basic computer skillsResources are inadequate for practical experiences Instructional models in both the teacher colleges and the universities are
excessively academic, teacher-centric and remote from the real challenges of classroom practice
Students who specialize in ICT tend to leave the teaching field behind for business and industry jobs
Ottevanger et al. 2007
IMFUNDO’s African ExperiencesVast physical wastage
Hardware under-utilisedHardware broken or ineffectiveHigh costs of Internet access
Huge educational wastage Insufficient relevant contentMultimedia potential
underusedNetworking and interaction
ineffective because of lack of connectivity
Lack of Research A dearth of
evidence-based research and knowledge in the system, particularly from the African perspective
Most research is drawn on the knowledge and experience of frameworks developed in the USA or Europe
Isaacs 2006
Need to focus on ‘ICT for Education’ not on ‘Education for ICT’
Teachers and teacher educators should genuinely ‘own’ the process of ICT integration
Pre-service and in-service initiatives should be combined to balance support to both environments
Technology should be integrated across the curriculum in a blended way
Content should be produced locally that is relevant to teachers and learners
Principles of Good Practice in effective use of ICT in Teacher Professional Development in Africa
Principles of Good Practice in effective use of ICT in Teacher Professional Development in Africa
Most if not all schemes should be scalableNeed for creation of real partnerships Communications between schools, teacher
training institutions should be facilitatedNeed to develop policy to deal comprehensively
with TPD for ICT integration The focus should be on sustainable, resource
adequate and on-going professional developmentImfundo 2001; Unwin 2004; Evoh 2007; Olakulehin 2007
Discuss your reflection on the African experiences with your neighbour
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At what stage would you position the Africa experiences on the knowledge ladder?