Teacher development in ICT: Vision and implementation
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The paper presents the philosophy and practices of the Department of Information Technologies and the Teacher Training Center at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Sofia, related to teacher development in Information and Communication Technologies. The conceptual framework for teacher development calls for an integrated approach to the problem: the various forms for teacher training and continuing support are combined with activities, aiming at influencing the system in which the teachers work. The approach embeds "teachers as change agents" paradigm and aims at creating sustainable links, both vertical (between the research and training units and teachers) and horizontal (among teachers themselves), finally building an informal professional society of researchers, trainers and teachers who communicate, collaborate and share. The teacher development processes are initiated in a university environment in which research, development and teaching are closely interrelated. This creates added-value opportunities and experiences for the participating teachers. The scope of activities includes workshops and seminars for teachers; strategy and curriculum development in ICT; educational software and learning materials development; carrying out educational and researches projects; building WWW support environment for teachers.
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