Changing teachers' attitudes for more ICT integration in education

ISBN-13: 9783659933899 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 108 str.

Hicham Zyad

Opis

This book reports on a study that investigated teachers' attitudes towards ICT implementation in the classroom in secondary education as well as the barriers that hamper the successful integration of educational technology in teachers' classroom-based practices. In recent years, it has been recognized that teachers' attitudes and how they can be changed play a leading role in ICT use in the classroom. In this vein, this book reports that despite the positive attitudes teachers have about ICT, they do not include it in their lesson plans to achieve the required pedagogical goals. It also reports that secondary schools in Morocco still lack the necessary infrastructure together with other barriers that impede the ICT integration effort. This implies that more efforts need to be expended on the infrastructural, logistical, and teacher training fronts. Unless a comprehensive approach is to be adopted, teachers will continue to exclude ICT from their lesson plans.

O autorze

Hicham Zyad is a doctorate candidate and a practicing ELT teacher in secondary education for 12 years. His research interests are ICT integration in education, writing pedagogy and teacher professional development. He has several publications in international journals and conference proceedings.