There are so many obstacles that we encounter in our educational practices but most of the time we are challenged tom look for solutions. Just like in IT there are obstacles that hinders to better educational practices. The challenge of improving teachers' practice by Elmore. "the conditions under which teacher are asked to engage in new practices bear no relationship whatever the conditions required for learning, how to implement complex and new practice with success.
Another problem is that school improvement is not seen as a matter of refining teacher’s knowledge and skills. Professional development is after undervalued and when it’s done it is haphazard or detached from class room.
There are several conditions required to facilitate implementation of education technology into sustained practice. Educators must be dissatisfied with status qou. Passes technology knowledge and skills have access to technology resources, e provided with time and reward for achievements, to be directly involves with decision and committed to technology integration and supportive leadership to effectively implemented educational technologies into classroom. Unfortunately, much of today’s educational technology training tends to focus only on developing skills and knowledge to operate new equipment. But, there is hope. Many researches are reporting that adding reflection components to professional development programs helps educators attend to the conditions beyond skills development and move forward in technology adoption.
Obstcles to IT Educational Practice
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