Information and communication technology competence in primary teacher training. Finnish experience

• Authors: Kiril Кotun
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

From research on policy implementation and reform in education, it is well known that change is either very slow or tends to fail. Implementation is a complex procedure, not a direct transfer from government policy to practice (Younie, 2006). There is also research-based knowledge about planning and implementing of ICT strategies in Finland and difficulties in this implementation (Lavonen, Lattu, Juuti, & Meisalo, 2006). Consequently, it is challenging to help student teachers or practicing teachers to adopt use of ICT in education. We will focus here mainly on initial teacher education (TE) according to the OECD ICT in Initial Teacher Training (IITT) project aims. In general, there is a broad agreement on reasons and methods why and how ICT should be integrated to TE. The importance of this area can be seen in that there are specific associations for promoting research in this area like the Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education and many more whose activities expend to this field like the Finnish Association for Mathematics and Science Education Research in Finland.

Keywords

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technology,; communication,; education

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Humanum. Międzynarodowe Studia Społeczno-Humanistyczne
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 4(27)
• Pages: 151-164

Contributors

author

Kiril Кotun

• Institute of Pedagogical Education and Education of Adult, National Academy Pedagogical Science of Ukraine