ERIC Number: EJ1133869
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 16
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Plans for Embedding ICTs into Teaching and Learning through a Large-Scale Secondary Education Reform in the Country of Georgia
Richardson, Jayson W.; Sales, Gregory; Sentocnik, Sonja
FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, v2 n1 Article 3 p19-32 2015
Integrating ICTs into international development projects is common. However, focusing on how ICTs support leading, teaching, and learning is often overlooked. This article describes a team's approach to technology integration into the design of a large-scale, five year, teacher and leader professional development project in the country of Georgia. The main goal of this project was to improve student outcomes via changing core pedagogical practices such as formative assessment, higher order thinking, and student-centered learning. In this article, we describe the background of the project, detail the country and sector context, the project team composition, the technological approach used in the development plan, and offer an analysis of how the proposed technology interventions push teachers and leaders to use technology to improve tasks and improve the teaching and learning experience.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Information Technology, Secondary Education, Educational Change, Developing Nations, Instructional Design, Faculty Development, Educational Practices, Thinking Skills, Student Centered Learning, Program Descriptions, STEM Education, Pilot Projects, Educational Objectives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia Republic
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