Teacher preparation programs’ ICT integration and educational practices

Abstract

Integrating ICTs in the school not only requires technological resources but also the implementation of these technologies in teacher’s professional development programs. The national policies inspired from model 1:1 aim at the effective integration of ICTs in the classroom. In this paper, there is an intention to analyze the impact that implementing model 1:1 has on the teachers. In order to achieve this objective, a study about the official curriculum requirements for Elementary teachers’ professional development and for Biology teachers’ professional development is presented. Furthermore, we have included questions asked to student-teachers and inservice teachers about
technological culture, and other questions to teachers about how they integrate ICTs in their classroom. We have found that ICTs have begun to be integrated in the teaching of science contents in an innovative way. However, teachers request specific training to use them.