ICT Strategies for Schools

A Guide for School Administrators
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-7619-3541-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 338 g

Recognizing the potential of ICTs to make the classroom transaction of curriculum significantly more relevant and purposeful, principals and school administrators in India need to design appropriate IT strategies and oversee the entire implementation process in their schools. This book is guide to the use of ICT in schools, covering issues of pedagogy, curriculum and learning. In brief, it deals with

- Education uses of IT

- Criteria for selection of hardware and software

- Designing an IT-assisted curriculum

- Teacher recruitment, training and desired competencies

- Management and financial issues

- Possible problem areas: plagiarism, privacy, hacking

Lucidly written, with case studies highlighting successful strategies, this volume will be of immense importance to principals and administrators of schools as also students of education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mohanty, Laxman

Vohra, Neharika

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik E-Learning, Bildungstechnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Unterrichtsmaterialien
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein E-Learning

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
What is ICT and What are its Imperatives?
Hardware and Network
Software
Curriculum
Teachers
Management
School Websites
School Automation
Leadership
Collaboration
Students and Computers: Miscellaneous Issues
Emerging Concepts and Technologies
Virtual School Facilities
Appendices
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vohra, Neharika
Neharika Vohra is a Professor Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. She has been Visiting Professor, University of Manitoba and taught at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. Currently the Associate Editor of Indian Psychological Abstracts and Reviews and Book Review Editor of International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. Dr. Vohra’s current research projects are Change management, educational leadership Quality education for remote and rural populations, Performance improvements through people.