Professional Development of Teachers with the Help of ICT
Why Professional Development • • • • • • •
Higher side of the Knowledge Flow Changing Society-Managing at the speed of change Changing role of the Teachers To keep up the Dignity of the Profession Changing Customers-Students, parents and s Changing Practice- Classrooms Changing Theories- Behaviouralism to Constructivism, Intelligence to Multiple Intelligence, teacher centred to learner centred, book learning to e-learning, quantitative to qualitative and many more. • Changing behavious: Students • Changing Vision • Self Development: Sky is the limit
Areas of Development • Knowledge: Pedagogical, Theories, Research, Initiatives, Practices, ICT • Skill: Teaching skills, Communication skills, Management skills, Info-Savvy Skills, Life skills, Social skills • Attitude: Positive attitude
• Affective Domains: Kindness, Loving, Cooperative, Being Human, Caring
Modes of Professional Development • In-Service Training- As per the requirement of the Service Provider. • Pre-Service Training- As per the need of the profession. • Self Initiatives: As per your own requirement to grow, to prosper.
Potentials of ICT • Generic in Nature- So it can helped in Professional development • Omni Present • Helps in TQM
FEASIBILITY OF ICT INVOLVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • ICT in the peak of application: peak of third wave change • Appropriate time: Initiatives by the present system-Digital India • Platform is Ready: All the initiatives • Cost effective: Highly reduced cost in of hardware and software- Even free of cost • Atleast Reliable • Revolution in the ICT service provider
ICT in Pre-service Training • • • •
ICT as a course component ICT based classrooms ICT based planning: Digital lesson Plan, Smart Class Trained Teacher Educators in ICT
In Service Training • Use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) • Increasing the Scope of SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), Fully Developed Courses. • Online Training • Availability of Interactive e-content on ePG-Pathsala for the inservice training of Teachers alike industrial modules. • Initiatives in promotion • Self Need based Training
What is Needed ? • • • • • • •
Continent and frontline Curriculum Creating a media culture Changing Vision Feeling Future Shock Synchronisation to desynchronization Breaking of Isolation-Networking Towards a Learning Society
• What a Simple Teacher can do ?
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