A Pedagogical Framework For The Use Of Information And Communications Technology In Initial Teacher Training

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Dr. Alison Hramiak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

scholarly journals Project-Based Learning through Information and Communications Technology and the Curricular Inclusion of Social Problems Relevant to the Initial Training of Infant School Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delfín Ortega-Sánchez ◽  
Alfredo Jiménez-Eguizábal
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
Infant School ◽  
Infant Education

Project-based learning (PBL) is considered to be one of the most highly valued methods in the development and acquisition of competencies at all educational levels. From an interdisciplinary and collaborative focus, pupils acquire knowledge and skills through investigative tasks, with a view to responding to a problem or challenge, in the form of a final product. The methodological implementation of PBL in specific teacher-training contexts is especially useful for curricular inclusion and the didactic treatment of relevant contemporary social problems and socially alive questions. In this investigation, the assessment of the perceived learning of a group of infant-education teacher trainees (n = 59), following a teacher-training program on social problems, is analyzed. The program is designed on the basis of the principal methodologies of PBL and the operational integration of information and communications technology (ICT) (WebQuests). The study begins with the pre-experimental quantitative designs of a cross-cutting prospective nature with a control group. The results provide information on the special didactic potential of active methodologies, including PBL, for the creative development of thought processes and the acquisition of social competencies and good citizenship in relation to social problems on interdisciplinary curricular projects for infant education. Likewise, it is evident that PBL methodology through ICT facilitates the acquisition of technological competencies, linked to the development of social and communicative competencies, as well as cooperative–collaborative work.

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