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ERIC Number: EJ874305
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Aug
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0816-9020
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Auditing the ICT Experiences of Teacher Education Undergraduates
Watson, Glenice; Proctor, Romina M. J.; Finger, Glenn; Lang, Wayne
Australian Educational Computing, v19 n1 p3-10 Aug 2004
The importance of teacher education graduates having appropriate information and communication technology (ICT) for learning competencies and experiences is well documented. However, without well developed processes for auditing the ICT experiences of undergraduates it should not be assumed that teachers will enter their profession with the required ICT competencies to support their students' learning. This paper reports on the first phase of a project to audit the ICT experiences of teacher education undergraduates. It finds that the individual experiences of undergraduates can vary considerably depending on their choice of majors, electives or specialist teaching areas. It further finds that high percentages of students perceive themselves to have no competency with a range of ICT applications that would support the more motivational and interesting aspects of ICT integration for student learning. (Contains 5 tables.)
Australian Council for Computers in Education. P.O. Box 1255, Belconnen, ACT 2616, Australia. Tel: +61-3-9349-3733; Fax: +61-3-9349-5356; Web site: http://www.acce.edu.au
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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