ICT在英国中学历史教学中运用的理念与实践

英国的中学历史教学十分重视ICT的运用,并在教学理念、教学要求和教学策略方面都进行了细致、深入的探讨.可以说,在当今的英国中学历史教学中,ICT已不仅是一种搜集和呈现信息资料的工具,更是一种理解的工具、探究的工具和交流的工具.据此,本文从英国中学历史教学中ICT运用的教学理由、教学要求和教学策略三方面分别加以阐述,并在此基础上得出对我们改进历史教学的几点启示:加强ICT在历史教学中运用的适切性研究;制定历史学科的ICT学习标准;运用ICT转变历史学习方式.     

基于研究设计的ICT辅助语言教学研究的个案分析

ICT(信息与通讯技术)已经成为教育教学过程中广泛应用的辅助教学设备,在语言教学中ICT的应用在国外已经非常广泛,主要由于ICT能够在语言教学中激发学生学习兴趣,并能在实际操作中逐渐帮助学生开展思维训练。本文对比分析了三个应用ICT辅助语言教学的案例。总结得出在不同年龄段和不同语言任务中使用ICT辅助教学有积极的作用,同时该论文也指出了在研究过程中应该注意的几点问题。     

解析英国《ICT应用于学科教学的教师能力标准》

英国《ICT应用于学科教学的教师能力标准》是由英国教育与就业部等机构制定 ,英国教师培训署组织实施的英国中小学学科教师 ICT能力的培训标准。强调教师应具备应用 ICT于学科教学的能力和使用 ICT去支持教师持续的专业发展 ,这对我们当前各地开展的学科教师 ICT培训的实践具有很强的借鉴意义     

如何进行基于ICT的历史探究教学——澳大利亚学较历史教育透析之五

众所周知,基于网络的信息和通讯技术（以下简称ICT）具有媒体的集成性、信息的多维性、操作的交互性、资源的共享性等特点。目前在澳大利亚,越来越多的历史教师使用ICT不只是为了获取历史资料,还包括建立历史数据库、组织探究性教学、学习成果展示与交流等。可以说,ICT在澳大利亚历史教学中正发挥着越来越重要的作用。本文拟从ICT的教学价值、探究过程、案例赏析等三个方面,对澳大利亚学校ICT历史教学做一简要的总结与分析,以期对我们的中学历史教学有所启发。     

捷克中小学ICT与教学友好型环境的整合研究

捷克中小学ICT与教学友好型环境的整合研究是"信息通讯技术(ICT)与学校文化"研究项目的一个经验性的研究内容.研究者主要是从两个层面详细地研究了学校运作的关键领域--"教学友好型环境".首先从一般层面上说明了教学友好型环境中哪些因素受ICT的影响最大、怎样能加强ICT与创建教学友好型环境过程的整合、有哪些因素阻碍了ICT的实施.其次是从具体层面上,根据一些学校的具体情况分析了对校长问卷调查的结果.比如校长是如何看待他们成功地实施ICT以创建教学友好型环境,以及他们认为在哪些方面对ICT的利用有所进步.     

英国ICT教学环境建设中的人文关怀及启示

教学环境是开展成功教学的关键，在英国ICT教学环境中，更多注重资源的综合性开发与使用，人文关怀的成分比较浓厚，探究其教育环境的发展及其建设，有助于我们从中感悟ICT教学环境对教学的促进作用，对我国的ICT教学环境作一理性的思考，从中获取一点启示。     

设计型学习模式在高职ICT课程教学中的设计及应用

当前,探索高职ICT课程教学改革,培养学生创新实践能力,是推动高职ICT人才培养的关键。设计型学习作为一种面向学习和创新能力培养的学习方式,为高职ICT课程教学的改革提供了有效的实施路径。通过梳理设计型学习与高职ICT人才培养之间的适切性,以典型设计型学习操作模型为基础,从师生活动视角出发,构建了面向高职ICT课程教学的设计型学习模式,并详细阐述其关键特征。同时,结合具体教学案例"Applica-tion内置对象"进行深入分析,以期为高职ICT课程设计型学习模式的实践提供有价值的借鉴。     

ICT与物理教学的整合——俄、荷两国“试点项目”述评

将ICT运用于教学是当代课程改革的一大趋势，俄、荷两国的“试点项目”就是该趋势下的产物。在中学物理教学中运用ICT，既可以创设新的教学环境，又可以提高学生的兴趣和探究的欲望，为学生提供更多实际操作的机会。当然。ICT用于物理教学也有其不足的一面，毕竟实验室模拟不能代表现实。     

ICT与教学

本文阐述了信息交流技术（ICT）给教学带来的种种好处,同时也介绍了别的国家在ICT的应用过程中所遇到的问题及其对策。最后以ICT在大学英语教学中的成功应用为例证明了ICT有助于提高英语教学质量。     

对信息与通信技术在教学中作用的反思

信息与通讯技术（ICT）在教学中应用越来越广，但是，技术并没有在教学中发挥人们所想象的那种作用。从教师的角度看，技术革命、技术威胁、技术无用等观念和教师的技术能力在一定程度上影响了ICT的使用以及使用方式；从学校支持的角度看，资金投入、课程安排、职称评定和技术保障在很多时候影响了ICT在教学中的应用；从政策法规来看，知识产权在某些方面阻碍了数字环境中ICT对信息的利用。要充分开发教学中的技术资源，就有必要对技术的本质和怎样利用技术进行反思。     

From Implementation to Efficacy: Factors Affecting Kenyan Secondary Teachers’ Technology Integration

Teaching is a complex practice that requires teachers to draw upon their content knowledge, pedagogical approaches and strategies, and knowledge about learners in order to support learning. Integrating technology into the teaching and learning practice of a classroom is a strategy that many teachers are drawing upon. This article reports on the initial findings on information communication technology (ICT) implementation in Kenyan secondary schools and discusses factors affecting effective technology integration. The study used questionnaire and classroom observation data to examine what types of ICTs for education are available in secondary schools in Kenya and what training teachers have had in using ICTs for education; teachers’ perspectives regarding the role of ICT in teaching and learning; and what factors might influence ICT integration in teaching and learning in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study found that while few teachers are integrating ICT into their teaching and learning, many teachers are implementing ICT in their teaching.     

A Hypermedia Action Research Project

ABSTRACT

A key question for educational researchers is whether information and communication technology (ICT) use enhances teaching and learning. In this paper, the authors report findings from a three-year study (2001–2004) investigating teaching and learning effects of ICT use in 26 secondary schools in New Zealand as perceived by teachers. The most obvious effects did not include changes in teaching philosophy or pedagogy but rather increased efficiency of management and administration of teaching, including lesson preparation and presentation. In terms of student learning teachers considered that improved presentation was the biggest impact of ICT use. In addition to the positive consequences of ICT use in education, negative aspects were also reported by teachers, with plagiarism being a frequent concern. Overall, social and motivational effects were more frequently observed in comparison to learning and cognitive effects so that, although the study identified some positive effects of ICT use on teaching and learning, these were mostly surface or indirect and did not change pedagogical beliefs or practice to a great extent.     

促进师范生实践性知识发展的课程开发研究——以高师信息技术教学法课程的设计与实施为例

我国教师教育课程的突出问题是理论与实践的割裂,为促进信息技术教育专业的师范生实践性知识的发展,作者尝试在高师信息技术教学法课程中实施全新的课程设计,将"真实问题"、"可操作的"项目、"大学-中小学合作"的学习环境和"反思性行动"四要素融入课程教学,完成信息技术教育专业师范生实践性知识的发展。     

The peculiarities of teaching information and communication technology as a subject: a study of trainee and new ICT teachers in secondary schools

Abstract

This article reports on teaching information and communication technology (ICT) as a subject. It arises out of research carried out with ICT trainee teachers during their initial training and their first years of teaching. The backgrounds of four cohorts of new ICT teachers are described along with levels of retention in teaching. The associations that trainee and new teachers make with their subject are then explored. It was found that specialist ICT teachers see ICT as a practical subject offering pupils scope for variety and control over their learning. A key, and they felt unique, feature of ICT was its ever-changing nature. The research explores the planning and teaching of ICT and features of ICT subject knowledge. The article concludes by highlighting the continuing shortages of specialist ICT teachers in school and the need to support the career development of those teaching ICT.     

Managing Information and Communication Technology in South African Classrooms: Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences

This article reports on a study that explored the management of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning. In particular it focuses on the use of ICT in the pre-service teacher’s classroom in the South African context. The study was interventionist in that pre-service teachers were trained how to use ICT in teaching and learning, and were then followed into the teaching practice classroom where they were observed as to how they used the technology and managed it. Data for the project was also collected through semi-structured interviews with the pre-service teachers and through the researchers’ reflection. The results showed that the pre-service teachers, who in this case were all digital natives, are willing to use ICT for teaching, but lack the skills to manage ICT in the classroom. The results further showed that the motivation to use and integrate ICT in the classroom may not be sufficient to ensure the effective integration thereof, that is, the teachers still require management. Further, the article recommends the importance of higher education institution lecturers as role models in the use and management of ICT.     

An investigation of preservice early childhood teachers’ adoption of ICT in a teaching practicum context in Hong Kong

The research reported here investigated the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by 15 Hong Kong preservice early childhood teachers (PSTs) who had completed a course regarding the use of ICT in early childhood settings as they participated in their first-year teaching practicum. The study examined the preservice teachers use of ICT and their ability to integrate ICT into their teaching practices. The research took place in 7 preschool settings across the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (SAR). The results indicated that preservice teachers used ICT mostly in the context of a teacher-directed approach to learning. The contexts allowed for few child-directed activities and very few child-initiated activities. Similarly, when the preservice teachers incorporated learning activities that used ICT, they initiated and directed most of the activities. The findings from this study indicate that school factors, such as school-level curriculum, ICT infrastructure, and the mentor-teacher’s teaching philosophy exerted a powerful influence on the way that preservice teachers were able to use ICT in their teaching practicum.     

Integrating ICT into College English: An implementation study of a national reform

This paper describes a mixed-methods case study of a national reform of College English teaching in China which called for the integration of ICT (information and communication technology) into English classroom teaching and self-access learning. The study examined ICT implementation of the national reform in a specific tertiary institution from the perspectives of ICT use in language education and ICT-related policies and practices for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers. The findings indicated that the reform had represented a challenge for teachers, who were expected to adapt to technologically-enhanced teaching materials, embrace student-centred classroom teaching and guide students’ autonomous learning in ICT settings. Constraints included insufficient ICT facilities, teachers’ limited ICT skills and pedagogic expertise; and lack of effective communication networks and inadequate technical support and ICT-related training also hindered the smooth ICT implementation of the reform. Implications for national and institutional policy-making are discussed.     

Integrating ICT to higher education in China: From the perspective of Activity Theory

This paper is based on a study that explored the relationship between the implementation of ICT pedagogy and the factors that influenced seven teachers of English for Business Purposes in Chinese higher education concerning their adoption of ICT into their teaching. Activity Theory was used as an analytical tool to investigate the relationships and to identify contradictions in their teaching systems that could lead to teachers’ implementation of a student-centred ICT pedagogy. The study revealed that the main potential driving force for change lay in the conflict between the deep-rooted teacher-centred pedagogy in the educational system and the student-centred pedagogy that accompanied the introduction of ICT. If teachers, curriculum developers and policy makers understood this conflict, this would enable them to concentrate on such issues as how to change the teacher-centred pedagogy to support both teaching and learning for improved learning achievements. Activity theory proved a powerful tool to analyse and understand the contradictions in an activity system. Changes in ICT related policy are recommended.     

从“技术导向”到“学习导向”--信息技术支持的学与教变革国际发展新动向

信息技术支持的学与教变革是教育信息化系统改革中的关键。我国信息技术支持的学与教,在理论层面已开始由“要素观”逐步转向“生态观”,但实践层面的变革思路上存在着“技术导向”的倾向,这导致研究者热衷技术应用而忽视学与教本身。通过对比中外教育信息化政策以及分析新加坡的典型案例,发现国际上学与教变革的新措施均体现出“学习导向”的特征,并有四个主要动向：关注信息时代学习者的能力结构、挖掘教育“大数据”以分析学习者行为、构建个性化网络学习空间以培育新型学习方式、倡导“以学习者为中心”的新型教学模式。我国应将信息技术支持的学与教变革思路逐渐由“技术导向”转到“学习导向”。     

Butterfly under a pin: Exploring the voices and stories told of faculty who adopt ICT’s for teaching and learning practices

The purpose of this preliminary study was to qualitatively explore the lived experiences of faculty who adopt ICT in a higher education setting for teaching and learning purposes. Respondents represented a wide range of academic positions. The analysis of data identified organizational support, adequate and quality resources, faculty development, and administration, leadership, and change as emerging themes affecting the faculty ability to adopt information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning purposes. Evidence from this study offers insight into how higher education administrators may support their faculty to implement appropriate ICT tools and strategies to improve teaching and learning practices.