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Information technology: building structures in initial teacher training to develop effective practitioners
Author(s) -
McDonald S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1993.tb00100.x
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , construct (python library) , curriculum , institution , teacher education , information technology , pedagogy , psychology , mathematics education , medical education , sociology , computer science , medicine , social science , physics , meteorology , programming language , operating system
It was reported at a recent conference, that staff of teacher training institutions are less willing than teachers to collaborate in the use of information technology in the curriculum. Teacher trainers will discuss, promote and research innovation in this area but this activity seems unable to influence how teacher training programmes are themselves delivered. This paper examines how one teacher training institution is trying to embed information technology in the pedagogy of its courses in ways that enable student teachers to re‐construct similar learning experiences in the classroom on teaching practice.