Transcript TIGER LEAP PROGRAM AS A BEGINNING OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION ENEL MÄGI

TIGER LEAP PROGRAM
AS A BEGINNING OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION
ENEL MÄGI
Tiger Leap Foundation
Conference “e-Learning in Science and Environmental Education
Tartu, October 1- 4, 2003
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
SCHOOL - ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY
MOST INFORMATION ON SCHOOL FUNCTIONING CONFIDENTIAL
TEACHER - WHOLE CLASS TEACHING, EVALUATES STUDENT,
PLACES LOW EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENT - MOSTLY PASSIVE, LEARNS MOSTLY AT SCHOOL, HARDLY ANY
TEAMWORK, TAKES QUESTIONS FROM BOOKS OR TEACHERS,
LEARNS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, LOW INTEREST IN LEARNING
PARENT - HARDLY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN LEARNING PROCESS, NO
STEERING OF INSTRUCTION, NO LIFE-LONG LEARNING MODEL
INFORMATION SOCIETY
SCHOOL -
INTEGRATED IN SOCIETY
INFORMATION OPENLY AVAILABLE
TEACHER - HELPS STUDENTS FIND APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL
PATH, GUIDES STUDENT’S INDEPENDENT LEARNING,
HELPS STUDENT TO EVALUATE OWN PROGRESS,
PLACES HIGH EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENT - MORE ACTIVE, LEARNS AT SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE
SCHOOL, MUCH TEAMWORK, ASKS QUESTIONS, FINDS
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, HIGH INTEREST
PARENT
- VERY ACTIVE IN LEARNING PROCESS, CO-STEERING,
PARENTS PROVIDE MODEL
ICT IN SCHOOLS
– AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERSIFY AND ENRICH THE
PEDAGOGICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUPILS,
TEACHERS, PARENTS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
INITIAL AIMS OF TIGER LEAP PROGRAM
1997-2001
• ICT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCHOOLS
• INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
• TEACHER IN-SERVICE TRAINING
• EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
INFRASTRUCTURE
20 STUDENTS PER COMPUTER
7 TEACHERS PER COMPUTER
1 HEADMASTER PER COMPUTER
98% OF ALL THE COMPUTERS AT SCHOOLS
CONNECTED TO INTERNET
8%
ONLINE
CONNECTION
MODEM
CONNECTION
NO CONNECTION
2%
90%
EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
100 DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
50 ORIGINAL ESTONIAN PROGRAMS IN MOST
OF THE SUBJECTS
TEACHERS’ NETGATE (WWW.KOOLIELU.EE) - NEWS,
TEACHING MATERIALS, ARTICLES, CHAT
VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT “VIKO”
TEACHER IN-SERVICE TRAINING
TOTAL NUMBER
OF TEACHERS
16000
ICT ELEMENTARY
LEVEL
ICT ADVANCED
LEVEL
10500
6200
250 EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
GLOBE
MIKSIKE
HELLO SPRING
CONCEPTUAL WEB BASED LEARNING MODELS
TIGER LEAP PLUS PROGRAM
2001 - 2005
ICT COMPETENCIES
VIRTUAL LEARNING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
COLLABORATION OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED
ICT COMPETENCIES
FIXED FOR STUDENTS AND SUBJECT TEACHERS
NOT FIXED FOR SCHOOLMASTERS AND
ADMINISTRATORS
LACK OF COMPETENCE TO EVALUATE THE
ICT COMPETENCIES OF TEACHERS
PUPILS’ OPINIONS OF THEIR
TEACHERS’ ICT SKILS
PUPILS’ EVALUATION OF THEIR
ICT COMPETENCE
VIRTUAL LEARNING
HINDERED BY:
TRADITIONAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
CURRICULUM
OLD TEACHING METHODS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE
ICT IS NOT RELIABLE
ICT IS VERY EXPENSIVE
ICT NEEDS CONSTANT
UPGRADING
20%
THE COMPUTER
80%
SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION
CABLES
INTERNET CONNECTION
TRAINING
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
UPGRADE
USERS TIME
COLLABORATION OF
ALL PARTIES ENVOLVED
TEACHER TRAINERS AT UNIVERSITIES
CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS
LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES
SCHOOL HEADMASTERS
TEACHERS
MINISTERY OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL INSPECTORS
The trends reveal a danger that the educational
system will not be able to dictate its IT needs
forcefully enough:
•to the computer producers, who operate according
to the principles of market economy,
•or to policy makers, for whom the preservation of
the status quo seems to be more comfortable
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