[Advisory] ICT Subject Knowledge for Primary Teachers

[Michael Hallissy]

Hi everyone,

Here is a tool we and colleagues in the Global eSchools Community Initiative
(GeSCI) developed to assist teacher education colleges in Rwanda.
http://www.gesci.org/teacher-education-and-icts.html

The tool is based around the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework,
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22997&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI
ON=201.html.

GeSCI is an international not-for-profit organisation providing
demand-driven assistance to developing countries seeking to harness the
potential of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to improve their
education systems.  Their main office is in Dublin.  For more visit
www.gesci.org.

The tool is currently being trialled in a number of countries and is still a
work in progress.


Regards

Michael

Michael Hallissy
H2 Learning
Www.h2.ie
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On 15/11/2009 10:44, "Miles Berry" <mberry@bcs.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> Roehampton's School of Education is engaged in a process of reviewing
> and revalidating it's BA (QTS) undergraduate primary teacher training
> programme at the moment, and so my colleagues and I are looking at the
> structure and content of the ICT components of the programme, amongst
> much else.
> 
> I'd be very interested to have thoughts from fellow Naace members on
> what sort of *subject knowledge* of ICT one would expect from a new
> entrant to the profession, and particularly for one who had ICT as
> their subject specialism as part of a general teacher training
> qualification. I suspect it wouldn't be unusual for our ICT subject
> specialists to become ICT subject coordinators at a fairly early stage
> in their careers.
> 
> As these programmes run for a number of years between these validation
> exercises, you may wish to get the crystal balls out to do a little
> future gazing, as those who join us in September 2010 won't be
> starting their NQT year until September 2013.
> 
> My thanks in anticipation,
> 
> Miles.