Science Teachers Training within the Frame of the State Information Policy in Education - Outcomes and the First Experience

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Lustigova, Z. (2005). Science Teachers Training within the Frame of the State Information Policy in Education - Outcomes and the First Experience. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 59-65). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2005
Montreal, Canada
June 27, 2005
ISBN 1-880094-56-8
  Piet Kommers & Griff Richards
AACE

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Author

Zdena Lustigova, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The paper provides a structured overview drawing on the results of the first three years of the large program of State Information Policy (SIP) in Education in the Czech Republic with a special focus on Science Education. In the first part of the paper the whole system of training in service teachers in using ICT is described, learning and teaching materials, online courses and the whole online supportive environment TELMAE are briefly introduced. TELMAE Portal has become the key learning, publishing and also monitoring and controlling tool for science teachers and educators in Science part of SIP in Education program. In the second part of the article the author focuses on the key factors, advantages and limitations of such a large training program (several tens of thousands of teachers) and on the possible role of virtual learning communities of teachers, tutors and teacher trainers, arising from the creative background of TELMAE supportive learning environment.

Keywords

• Training
• Virtual Environments
• Teachers
• Information Sciences
• Sciences

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