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Chapter Two: Nature of ICT Education in Secondary and Preparatory School

This document discusses ICT education in secondary and preparatory schools. It covers several topics: 1. The definition of ICT and how it encompasses communication devices and applications like radio, TV, phones, computers, and networks. 2. The benefits of ICT in education, including engaging learners, raising achievement, improving understanding and communication. 3. The use of educational satellites to address issues like teacher shortages, lack of quality teaching in rural areas, and the need to improve subjects like science, math, and English. 4. Different approaches to instructional use of computers and the internet, like learning about, with, and through these technologies.

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Chapter Two: Nature of ICT Education in Secondary and Preparatory School

This document discusses ICT education in secondary and preparatory schools. It covers several topics: 1. The definition of ICT and how it encompasses communication devices and applications like radio, TV, phones, computers, and networks. 2. The benefits of ICT in education, including engaging learners, raising achievement, improving understanding and communication. 3. The use of educational satellites to address issues like teacher shortages, lack of quality teaching in rural areas, and the need to improve subjects like science, math, and English. 4. Different approaches to instructional use of computers and the internet, like learning about, with, and through these technologies.

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Chapter Two

Nature Of ICT Education In Secondary


And Preparatory School
ICT
• It is an umbrella term that includes any
communication device or application,
encompassing: radio, television, cellular
phones, computer and network hardware and
software, satellite systems and so on, as well
as the various services and applications
associated with them, such as video
conferencing and distance learning.
Effective ICT:

• Engage & enthuse learner


• Raise achievement
• Enable better understanding
• Foster improved communication
• Have a positive impact on workload
WHY Educational Satellite?
• Shortage of trained teachers
• Lack of quality teaching, especially in the rural
areas
• Teacher absenteeism
• Need for uniform quality education
• Need for improvement in Science, Maths and
English teaching.
TELECONFRENCING

AUDIO VIDEO WEB-BASED


CONFRENCING CONFRENCING CONFRENCING
Three general approaches to the instructional
use of computer & Internet

• Learning about computers & Internet


• Learning with computers & Internet
• Learning through computers & Internet
TEACHER SHOULD KNOW
• When, when not & how to use ICT in teaching
their subject
• How ICT can be used for teaching the whole
class
• How ICT can be used when planning
• How to assess student’s work when ICT have
been used
• How ICT can be used to keep up-to-date, share
best practice
ADVANTAGES OF ICT
 Facilitating learning for children of different learning style &ability
 Making learning effective involving more senses in multimedia context
 providing a broader international context for approaching problems as well as being
more sensitive response to local needs
 Increased commitment to learning works
 Enhanced enjoyment and interest in learning and the subject
 Enhanced sense of achievement in learning and pride in the work
 Increase in self-directed learning and independence
 Enhanced self-esteem leading to expectations of achieving goals.
 Getting a lot of information and ideas
 Learning computer skills
 Analyzing information
 Increased motivation to stay on-work, behave better and produce higher quality work
 Learn more independently and at their own pace
 Do things they cannot do using traditional methods and resources
 Do more work and work more quickly
Factors against use of ICT
• Maintenance
• Need for training of teachers
• One off training is not sufficient
• Inequalities
• Excess use of ICT harmful for health
• Teachers prefer already prepared material than hand written.
• Eye sights become weak of the learners.
• Learners can be learnt a lot of bad things like unuseful chating, bad
literature.
• Students going out of content; download absurdity and silly songs,
pictures, dialogues and videos.
• Foreign technology and culture is going heavy on our
culture.
Learning Methods of ICT education

today’s ideal teaching style is not an


either/or proposition but more of a hybrid
approach
• Teacher-Centered
• Student-Centered / Constructivist
Approach
• Project-Based Learning
• Cooperative Learning
Questions for Group discussion

?
1. The factors that affect students
performance on ICT subject
2. What are the major problems of students
diversified involvement in practical
exercise?
3. What were your experience in learning
theoretical and practical class achievement?

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