Year: 2016 | Month: April | Volume 7 | Issue 1
Integration of Information and Communication Technology in School Curriculum
Abstract:
The diffusion of technology resources in education may widen the horizon of the learning domains. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been credited as a kind of building block which appears to be basic in laying foundations for a modern society in which the criteria of lifelong learning and adjustment are fulfilled. For developing nations, ICT has proved dynamic enough in increasing the access of education and also in improving the quality and relevance of education for the common mass. ICT resources help students in undergoing reasoning, creativity & problem solving and there exists a positive correlation between the ICT supported academics learning and critical thinking skills. ICT oriented curricula must be augmented by appropriate cognizance at ethical, legal and social level of technology use also as there may be unwanted attempts of plagiarism and software piracy. The formal education system is undergoing a radical change from lecture oriented & teacher centred trend to interactive learning and student centred pattern. ICT inclusion in school system boosts the effectiveness of teachers and improves learning on the part of students and the student achievement is also enhanced when ICT is used in some structured and planned way in formal teaching-learning. On ground level there are some obstacles, from both the teachers and learners perspectives, which stand as barriers in ICT inclusion in the school system.
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