Year: 2013 | Month: June | volume 3 | Issue 1
Integration of ICT in Teacher Education for Enhancing Competency Based Teaching
Abstract: <div>The progress of any country depends upon the quality of education offered and its practices. Indian education was well known for its Gurukul system of education in the Vedic age. Education in India has undergone various phases and stages of development starting in the Vedic age to the post-independent period. The great Indian thinkers had emphasized on developing the inner potential of individuals by reflecting on unique potential of individuals. The recent developments in technology have changed the world outside the classroom. The information technology has made learner WWWafflicted.</div><div>This is because technological developments have brought developments in two ways: First, by enhancing human capabilities by helping people to participate actively in social, economic, and political life in a society at large.</div><div>Secondly, by giving advantage to technological innovation as a means for human development due to economic progress and increased productivity. As ICT is becoming an integral element for educational reforms and innovations at secondary schools, this situation calls for an enhancement of pre-service education on ICT for prospective teachers. The present paper focuses on the use of integration of ICT into pre service level for both trainees as well as for teacher-educators.</div>
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