Teachers can articulate how their classroom practices correspond to and support institutional and/or national policy.
The latest version of the UNESCI ICT Competency Framework for Teachers published in 2018
UNESCO’s Framework emphasizes that it is not enough for teachers to have ICT competencies and be able to teach them to their students. Teachers need to be able to help the students become collaborative, problemsolving, creative learners through using ICT so they will be eff ective citizens and members of the workforce. The Framework therefore addresses all aspects of a teacher’s work:
Understanding ICT in Education
Curriculum and Assessment
Pedagogy
ICT
Organisation & Administration
Teacher Professional Learing
The Framework is arranged in three diff erent approaches to teaching (three successive stages of a teacher’s development). The first is Technology Literacy, enabling students to use ICT in order to learn more effi ciently. The second is Knowledge Deepening, enabling students to acquire in-depth knowledge of their school subjects and apply it to complex, real-world problems. The third is Knowledge Creation, enabling students, citizens and the workforce they become, to create the new knowledge required for more harmonious, fulfi lling and prosperous societies.
By the end of this unit teachers should be able to:
Technological Literacy 1- (a) Defining the main features of teaching methods in the classroom and specifying how these features serve the implementation of educational policies.
Deepening Knowledge 1. (a) Understanding Education Policies This approach often requires teachers to have an understanding of educational policies so that they can develop lesson plans to allow implementation of national education policies and address high-priority problems.
بنهاية هذه الوحده يجب ان يكون المعلمون قادرون علي:
محو الأمية التكنولوجية ١- (أ) تحديد السمات الرئيسية لأساليب التدريس داخل قاعة الدراسة وتعيين الكيفية التي تخدم بها هذه السمات تنفيذ السياسات التعليمية.
تعميق المعرفة ١- (أ) استيعاب السياسات التعليمية المتبعة: غالباً ما يتطلب هذا المنهج أن يستوعب المعلمون السياسات التعليمية بحيث يمكنهم وضع خطط الدروس بما يسمح بتنفيذ السياسات التعليمية الوطنية ومعالجة المشكلات ذات الأولوية القصوى.
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