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ERIC Number: EJ776041
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Nov
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
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Curricula and the Use of ICT in Education: Two Worlds Apart?
Tondeur, Jo; van Braak, Johan; Valcke, Martin
British Journal of Educational Technology, v38 n6 p962-976 Nov 2007
In many countries, information and communication technology (ICT) has a clear impact on the development of educational curricula. In Flanders, the education government has identified and defined a framework of ICT competencies for expected outcomes, related to knowledge, skills and attitudes that pupils are expected to achieve at the end of primary school. However, it has never been examined whether teachers are using ICT in accordance with the competencies proposed by the Flemish government. In order to answer this question, a survey was conducted among 570 respondents in a stratified sample of 53 primary schools. Results show that teachers mainly focus on the development of technical ICT skills, whereas the ICT curriculum centres on the integrated use of ICT within the learning and teaching process. This indicates the existence of a gap between the proposed and the implemented curriculum for ICT. The paper concludes with the potential value of a school-based ICT curriculum that "translates" the national ICT-related curriculum into an ICT plan as part of the overall school policy.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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