Teaching teachers to teach ICT integration—T3

Abstract

Based upon a nation wide campaign called Public Private Partnership-Schools in the Net (PPP-SiN) (Public Private Partnership-Schule im Netz (PPP-SiN), 2000) we were able to initiate an externally financed project of in-service teacher education. The paper describes the realization of this project. Reflections are given on why teachers hesitate to integrate ICT into their teaching. Media competencies are recognized to be key in this context. We reflect upon the following five questions:1. How do we educate the right thing as well as educate the right way? 2. Which ambient conditions must be met? 3. Which preliminary actions have to be taken and implemented? 4. Which tools, methods and instruments do we need? 5. How do we make sure that the transfer of learned knowledge will take place to find its way into successful teaching?

Mapping out the ICT integration terrain in the school context: identifying the challenges in an innovative project

“…In general, research on ICT integration in education shows that it involves a large number of interacting factors involving the curriculum, infrastructure, teacher characteristics and training and development, organisational issues such as school leadership and school culture as well as a supporting policy framework (Buettner 2006;Carr and Chambers 2006;Judge 2007;Hamzah, Ismail, and Embi 2009;Krumsvik 2006;McGarr and O'brien 2007;OECD 2001;Shamburg 2004;UNESCO 2002). Understanding the complexity of ICT integration has been a slow process.…”