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IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING FOR THE APPLICATION OF ICT IN THE CROATIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM

IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING FOR THE APPLICATION OF ICT IN THE CROATIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM. by Igor Njegovan, B.Sc. Open University Zagreb. Goals. TO ELABORATE AND PROPOSE : program (structure) of the training organization and implementation evaluation and certification

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IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING FOR THE APPLICATION OF ICT IN THE CROATIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM

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  1. IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING FOR THE APPLICATION OF ICT IN THE CROATIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM by Igor Njegovan, B.Sc. Open University Zagreb

  2. Goals TO ELABORATE AND PROPOSE : • program (structure) of the training • organization and implementation • evaluation and certification • catalogue of necessary knowledge and skills

  3. Current situation (1) : • 389 high, art, technical and secondary vocational schools and 53 pupils’ hostels for school students - all schools are equipped with a computer room (12+1 or 15+1, Printer, LCD + Laptop ) • From 847 basic schools (central schools) and 1260 rural schools, 593 schools are equipped with a computer room (8+1)

  4. Current situation (2) : • Teachers (total) 46 923 • Teachers (under 50 years of age) 32 888 • Teachers – secondary schools 16024 • Teachers – sec.school , -50 12056 • Teachers – basic schools 30899 • Teachers – basic school, -50 20832 • IT Teachers 2120

  5. Initial Concepts and Ideas • To train the trainers - IT teachers as trainers to train other teachers at their schools • phased approach • several levels of knowledge and skills • transformation into permanent (lifelong) in-service upgrade training • program (structure of the training)

  6. PRESENT NEEDS • In-service training for all teaching staff is urgent (computerrooms already installed at all secondary and many basic schools) • Need and urgency recognized in the country (Public, Government, MOES, Budget, Professionals) • Realistic capabilities, circumstances and limitations (staff, funding, organization, regulations, equipment) have to be taken into account

  7. Implementation Concepts (1) 5 groups of staff in our schools : • Teaching staff (TS) • Informaticians (teachers+technical staff) (IS) Potential Teacher Trainers (TT) andTrainers Specialists (TSp) • Professional staff (assistants) (PS) • Administrative staff (AS) • Principals (PR)

  8. Implementation Concepts (2) 3 levels of knowledge and skills : • Basic (all users) • Advanced (advanced users) • Specialist (innovative users)

  9. BASIC LEVEL • Basic Concepts in Computer Application (6) • Operating Systems (12) • Text processing (18) • Spreadsheets (14) • Presentations (8) • Internet (E-mail, WWW) (14) • ICT in education (4) Optional : English language(18)

  10. ADVANCED LEVEL • MS Office (advanced) (36) • Networked Classrooms and their use (18) • Integration of ICT-a in teaching(18) • Internet (advanced) (18)

  11. SPECIALIST LEVEL - module • Programming (36) • School Information System (EMIS) (18) • Multimedia in Teaching (18) • Special Software for Subject Fields (18) • Authoring Tools - Teaching UnitsProduction (18) • DTP – Publishing School Magazine (18) • Library Information System (18) • Networks and Communications (18)

  12. Implementation Concepts (3) 4 phases : • pre-project test phase (2002) • pilot project (2002) • implementation 1. (2003-2005) • implementation 2. (2006)

  13. Implementation Plan * optional selection of subjects (courses)

  14. Evaluation and certification • Goal oriented approach • catalogue of required knowledge and skills • Unified test for the country (on-line, using a database, immediate results) • Unified certificates issued by the Ministry of Education and Sports

  15. Open Questions • Program content and the future development (changes and adjustments) • Implementation methods (f2f, DL, hybrid) • Manuals and textbooks • Evaluation and certification • Catalogue of required knowledge and skills • Motivation of teachers and how to increase it? • Organizational problems • Need for research (analysis of results after the pilot)

  16. TEST AND PILOT PHASE • 8 groups of teachers at various levels passed the basic level seminars and workshops • Self-evaluation (evaluation of participants) • Evaluation test

  17. Opinion of the participants • Positive • Very interested • Learned a lot • Comments • Difficult for beginners • To much information for to short period of time • Not enough practice

  18. Self-evaluation of skills after the seminar

  19. Evaluation (Tests using PC)

  20. Realisation in 2003 Basic schools – no ICT professionals • Basic schools with equipment – education in schools (~ 1.100 teachers) • Basic schools without equipment – education in Regional Education Centers (~300 teachers) • Realised by The Open University Zagreb

  21. Realisation in 2003 Secondary schools – with ICT teacher • Training for trainers (~80 trainers) • Realised by schools

  22. Realisation in 2003 Budget: 6.5 mil. HRK = 850,000 € • Training of trainers: 80 x 180€ = 14,400€ • Education by OUZ: 1,400 x 180€ = 252,000€ • Secondary schools: 389 x 1,500€ = 583,500€

  23. The dream of yesterday … … is a hope of today … … is a reality of tomorrow. Thank you! igor.njegovan@inet.hr

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