angela schaerer academic programme manager april 2010
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Microsoft Partners in Learning Pre-service Teacher Programme A strategic ICT integration guide for leaders of teacher education institutions. Angela Schaerer Academic Programme Manager April 2010. Partners in Learning. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Microsoft Partners in Learning
Pre-service Teacher Programme
A strategic ICT integration guide for leaders of teacher education
institutions
Angela SchaererAcademic Programme
ManagerApril 2010
• Global programme in 112 countries, reaching over 10 million teachers world wide
• In South Africa:• … since 2005• … working in collaboration with partners and DoBE (National and Provincial) to assess
needs and roll out localised programmes• … including access to software and tools; teacher training on ICT integration (almost 25
000 teachers trained to date); communities for best practice and sharing through the Innovative Teacher Forum and Partners in Learning Network; holistic approach to innovative schooling
• … and now focussing on support for pre-service teacher training
Partners in Learning
Access to technology and skills
Transform education through 21st century skills development
Enable jobs and economic growth
Education challenges we face today
Teachers are most motivated to innovate and adopt new practices when they are in pre-service / year 1 of teaching
Source: Ingersoll, R.M. (2001). Teacher turnover and teacher shortages. American Educational Research Journal, 38.Kavita Mittapalli, doctoral dissertation “What Makes Public School Teachers Stay, Leave or become Non-teachers? An In-depth Understanding of their Personal Characteristics, Beliefs and Perceptions 2008, George Mason University.* US data
Commitment to Teaching
5 years50% leave*
3 years25% leave*
Stage 1: Digital Literacy
Stage 2: Productivity
Stage 3: ICT aligned with Curriculum and Pedagogy
Stage 4: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Communities supported by ICT
Most educators are using technology for
productivity purposes
To support learning outcomes, technology
must be integrated into curriculum and
pedagogy
The current opportunity for ICT in education lies in encouraging teachers to integrate technology directly into teaching and learning
International Advisory Committee for Pre-Service
Advisor Affiliation Country
Dr. Ian Gibson Macquarie University College of Education Australia
Dr. Deirdre Butler St. Patrick’s’ Teaching College Ireland
Tim Tarrant Head of ICT at Training and Development Agency UK
Dr. Chris Dede Harvard University School of Education US
Dr. Stephen Kerr University of Washington College of Education US
Dr. Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Director, Institute for Research and InnovationWawasan Open University
Malaysia
Pierre Saurel Professor of ICT and Intellectual Property France
Key barriers are lack of….
Pre-Service Teacher Programme Elements Address Key Barriers to Adoption of ICT by Teachers
ICT Skills to Support
Pedagogy
Online Content Modules
Workshops
Mentors & Collaboratio
n Skills
Peer Coaching adapted for Pre-Service
Up to Date/relevan
t ICT Resources
MS (and other)
products and tools
with support for how to
use them in teaching
Communities of Practice
Partners in
Learning Network &
Forums
Microsoft Pre-Service Programme addresses them with…
Pre-Service Teacher Training –• Workshops • Online training • Project work• Access to tools and applications• Participation in innovative teacher
communities and forums
Two focus areas:
Deans and FacultyPre-service teachers
• Strategic Planning Workshops & Toolkit
• Online course modules to complement curriculum:
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Assessment, Organisation
• Provide a set of tools for the needs and situation analysis of the state of ICT use in teaching, learning and administration in pre-service teacher training institutions
• By doing so, the institutions will be better positioned to develop a strategic plan (long term planning towards the organisation’s vision & mission) to build their capacity for ICT integration in education.
• 6 strategic dimensions:1. Vision and Philosophy
2. Programme: Curriculum, Assessment & Practicum
3. Professional Learning of Deans and Teacher Educators
4. ICT Infrastructure, Resources and Support
5. Internal and External Communication and Partnership
6. Research & Evaluation
Deans and Faculty
Pre-service teachers
Scenario-based content framework: Modular approach allows faculty to select, customise and use the pieces required
Introduction Scenarios/Skills
Creativity
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
Assessment
Organization
Lessons
Our Environment
Global Health
Human Rights
Cultural Diversity
The Media
Case Studies
(in progress)
(in progress)
(in progress)
(in progress)
(in progress)
How-TosExample
s
Whitepapers:PDFs that include
educator scenarios, tools, and examples
Case Studies:1-pg PDFs that
illustrate educator success stories within the
classroom
Lesson Plans:Word docs with 2 primary school
lessons + 2 secondary
school lessons
How-TosExample
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How-TosExample
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How-TosExample
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Full day hands on workshop for teacher students and facultyPre-service students and faculty learn how to incorporate 21st century skills, specifically communication, collaboration, critical thinking and technology literacy skills into high quality teaching and learning. Pre-service teachers will leave workshop with tools and skills they can use in teaching pracs.
On-line follow-up module
After the workshop, participants independently complete an interactive, on-line module reinforcing what they learned in the workshop.
Participation in communities of learning
Join an on-line community of innovative teachers eg Partners in learning Network, who share best practices and resources for using technology in the classroom to strengthen teaching and learning.
Follow-up student projects
Transfer what was learned in the workshop to R-12 setting.
Key elements:
Incorporation of modules into pre-service teacher training
Topic 1: Collaborative LearningTopic 2: Collaboration and 21st Century SkillsTopic 3: Collaboration StrategiesTopic 4: Project Based LearningTopic 5: Assessment of Collaboration and Project Based LearningTopic 6: Collaboration Tools in the ClassroomTopic 7: Tools for Peer CollaborationEnd of Module Quiz
Online module www.cpd21.com
• This programme is being piloted across the world and in South Africa in 2010
• A day seminar will be held for Deans of Schools of Education alongside the WW Innovative Education Forum in October 2010 to introduce the Teacher Education Institution (TEI) Toolkit
• From 2011, Microsoft and our partners will be supporting interested Universities/Teacher Training institutions in running workshops on:
• using the TEI toolkit, evaluating current status and planning implementation for moving along the continuum
• modelling use of the pre-service teacher training courseware• opportunity to adopt, customise and collaborate to contribute
content to the pre-service TT courseware
To summarise….
