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Publication Date: 2012-Apr
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Developing the Vision: Preparing Teachers to Deliver a Digital World-Class Education System
Lane, Jenny M.
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v37 n4 p59-74 Apr 2012
In 2008 Australians were promised a "Digital Education Revolution" by the government to dramatically change classroom education and build a "world-class education system". Eight billion dollars have been spent providing computer equipment for upper secondary classrooms, yet there is little evidence that a revolution has occurred in Australian schools. Transformation of an education system takes more than a simplistic hardware solution. Revolutions need leaders and leaders need vision. In this paper, I argue that we must first develop educational leaders by inspiring future teachers with a vision and by designing our teacher-education courses as technology-rich learning-spaces. A multi-layered scenario is developed as the inspiration for a vision of a future-orientated teacher-education system that prepares teachers to deliver a "world-class digital education" for every Australian child. Although written for the Australian context this paper has broad relevance internationally for teacher education. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Teachers, Computer Peripherals, Governance, Global Approach, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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