Modelling ICT integration in teacher education courses using distributed cognition as a framework

Making a Difference in Teacher Education Courses: A Psychological Reconsideration

A Review of ICT Related Courses in Pre-service Teacher Education Programs

In the early days of educational computing, dating roughly from the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the advent of personal computers, teacher education programs addressed professional development needs for technology through inservice training programs. In 1983, when the report, A Nation at Risk, recommended that students be required to take a high school computer course, it was still unusual for a

Implementing Use of ICT in Teacher Education

Teachers in Sweden are still in need of digital literacies to master the pedagogical use of ICT in schools. Teacher education has a key role in adding the use of ICT to the abilities of their students and teachers. At Stockholm Institute of Education the Learning Resource Centre has an important role in providing appropriate technology, supported learning environments and competence development...

Curriculum Evaluation of Teacher Training Courses in Education

Curriculum Evaluation of Teacher Training Courses in Education G. Ahmadi, Ph. D. The two year teacher training programs in Iran include courses in education that form the very foundation of the professional performance of the future teachers. As such, the curricula of these courses need to be evaluated in order to determine their probable shortcomings and take the necessary remedial steps...

Learning to become a teacher in the 21st century: ICT integration in Initial Teacher Education in Chile

This paper presents the most relevant results from a national study about the availability and use of ICT in 46 Initial Teacher Education institutions in Chile, implemented during 2009 as part of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) international project “ICT in Initial Teacher Training.” Main findings show an overall favorable context for the pedagogical use of ICT ...