A Model for Staff Development in Information Technology within Initial Teacher Training Institutions
Open Access
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education
- Vol. 2 (1) , 65-75
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0962029930020105
Abstract
This paper reflects on the uptake of information technology (IT) as a delivery strategy in the learning and teaching processes and suggests that it is no longer satisfactory from the pupils' perspective to leave this to informal staff development strategies. The ability to use IT appropriately and effectively in the classroom must be thoroughly embedded in the pedagogy of teacher training institutions. For this to happen, these institutions need to adopt interventionist strategies for staff development so that learning through IT is a process that all student teachers experience, evaluate and learn to manage in the classroom situation. This paper examines a project for staff development in IT in a particular college and, following on the project's success, offers it as a possible model for successful staff development in IT.Keywords
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