Challenges and Hindrances in using ICT in Teacher Training

Hindrances in the integration of ICT in education

Sometimes well intention programmes can fail due to certain factors. These factors could be related to curriculum, facilities, staff involved in implementation, and institution. One of the articles published in the Computer and Education, titled "Obstacles to the integration of ICT in education from a worldwide educational assessment" (pp.173) lists out various factors considered as obstacles in the integration of ICT in Education based on the data of 20 countries. The list includes: insufficient number of computers, teacher's lack of knowledge, difficulty to integrate software due to cultural incompatibility. For details, go through the article which is available in WawsanLearn.

Some of the challenges which require particular attention are:

  1. Ensuring teacher training programmes for integrating ICT into teaching are well-designed.
  2. Cost effective strategies for sustaining programmes.
  3. Support for teacher trainer training institutions.
  4. Forming national and international partnership to share resource, knowledge and experiences.
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Here is another article which you should like to go through which details about Barriers and Obstacles in the context of ICT in Initial Training by Katerina Ananiadou and Caroline Rizza.

‘ICT In Initial Teacher Training First Findings and Conclusions of an OECD Study'
http://crell.jrc.ec.europa.eu/download/ananiadou-rizzaVF.pdf


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You may refer to the following link for getting more details regarding the challenges in Integrating ICT in Education.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ICT_in_Education/Key_Challenges_in_Integrating_ICTs_in_Education

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Go through the article ‘Malaysia's Experience in Training Teachers to Use ICT' by Bismillah Khatoon Binti Abdul Khader (http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001567/156757e.pdf) and attempt the following activity:

List the obstacle and challenges encountered in the implementation of Smart school Integrated Solution (SSIS) programme.



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