Information and communication technology teachers' initial education

Authors:
Andreja Istenič Starčič
Affiliations:
University of Primorska, Faculty of Education, Koper, Slovenia and University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Venue:
EDUCATION'10 Proceedings of the 7th WSEAS international conference on Engineering education
Year:
2010

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Abstract

In the paper the course "Educational use of ICT" in initial education of information and communication technology teachers is presented. ICT teachers are facing challenges within school environment when working with students and teachers in cross-curricular teaching and learning. ICT teachers are change agents in enhancing interest and excitement in computer science in school environments enriching teaching and learning experiences. For effective pedagogical work ICT teacher needs professional knowledge with strong basis of content-specific knowledge and pedagogical, didactic and psychological knowledge. In the process of developing wisdom of practice ICT teachers are engaged in school and wider projects of ICT deployment in teaching and learning. The impact on students' and teachers' digital literacy and competences for learning and teaching with ICT depends on ICT teachers' creativity. The project based learning was implemented to foster creativity.