This document discusses the need for ICT (information and communication technology) in teacher education. It lists the objectives of improving teacher education quality and training teachers to use technology and data. It then describes four approaches to integrating ICT: developing ICT skills; focusing on ICT pedagogy; embedding ICT in specific subjects; and providing practice-driven exposure to ICT applications. Finally, it notes that ICT has revolutionized teacher education by changing teacher roles, enabling access to resources, and facilitating time management and collaboration.

1. WELCOME
Kripa Susan Babu
I M.Ed.
KRTC Kollam

3. ICT

4. NEED OF ICT IN TEACHER
EDUCATION
• Role of the teacher: Guide, Facilitator rather than a
Director.
• Students get more choice over how they approach
the study.
• The teacher in the new role will encourage critical
thinking skills, promote information literacy and
nurture the cooperative learning to foster creativity
among students.

5. OBJECTIVES
• Improve the quality and consistency of teacher
education.
• Improve the training of new teachers in the use of
technology.
• Ensure that every teacher knows how to use data to
personalize instruction.

6. APPROACHES
• ICT Skills Development
Approach
• ICT Pedagogy Approach
• Subject- Specific Approach
• Practice Driven Approach

7. ICT Skills Development Approach
• Importance is given to providing
training in use of ICT.
• Student Teachers are expected to be
skilled users of ICT for their daily
activities.
• Knowledge about various software,
hardware and their use in educational
process is provided.

8. ICT Pedagogy Approach
• Emphasis is on integration of ICT skills in
a respective subject.
• Is useful to the extent that the skills enhance ICT
literacy skills.
• Pedagogy allows students to develop and
maintain these skills in designing classroom-
based resource.

9. Subject – Specific Approach
• Here ICT is embedded into one’s own
subject area
• Has an emphasis on how to use ICT in
classroom
• Address issues such as selecting
appropriate ICT tools and supporting
students in the use of these tools using
ICT to promote learning activities.

10. Practice Driven Approach
• Emphasis is on providing exposure to
the use of ICT in practice aspects of
teacher training.
• Focus is on developing lesson and
assignments.
• Prepare teachers to design and
develop implementable ICT
facilitated classroom programs and
products.

11. Revolution Caused By ICT in Teacher
Education
• ICT changed the role of a teacher from instructor to a
facilitator
• Introduction of new course in the curriculum in response
to emerging demand
• Helps teachers working in remote locations to access
online libraries and enhance quality teaching and up
gradation of knowledge.
• Helps teachers organizing and using time management
system in their academic work
• Overcome teacher isolation by active and cooperative
participation of students