dc.contributor.author | Louka, Loukas Ph. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Constantinou, Constantinos P. | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | CY - Λευκωσία | en |
dc.creator | Louka, Loukas Ph. | en |
dc.creator | Constantinou, Constantinos P. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-02T08:56:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-02T08:56:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10797/14559 | en |
dc.description | Περιέχει το πλήρες κείμενο | el |
dc.description.abstract | Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) constitute an essential part of the infrastructure for modern
societies, facilitating access, processing and storing of information and promoting communication between people
within and across communities. ICT have been recognized also as important tools for enhancing teaching and
learning processes. Despite this, educational practice has largely remained unaffected in most systems, with
teachers mostly failing to incorporate ICT tools effectively in their teaching. This is due to a combination of
several obstacles and problems such as lack of equipment, need for technical support, inadequate teacher training
programs, some teachers’ technophobic attitudes, a general lack of organizational structures for change
management, and ineffective policy making and program planning. On the other hand, technology, in its essence,
is considered to be a complex enterprise for solving social problems and fullfilling human needs. Its role in society
could be studied through five perspectives: technology as a purposeful activity, a human endeavor, a set of
processes and methods, an invention framework, or a set of knowledge and practices. An approach to study the
educational problem from this theoretical perspective can yield useful insights. We suggest that technology and its
social practice can provide a useful context to realize a more effective design of a solution to the problem of
integrating ICT tools in education. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | University of Cyprus | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Information and communication technology | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
dc.rights | Open Access | en |
dc.source | CBLIS Conference Proceedings 2007 Contemporary Perspective on new technologies in science and education | en |
dc.title | The integration of ict tools in education as an Example of the interplay between technology And society | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | ICT tools integration | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Technology | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Technological design | en |
dc.subject.uncontrolledterm | Educational technology | en |
dc.contributor.conferenceorganizer | Learning in Science Group, University of Cyprus | en |
dc.contributor.coordinator | Constantinou, Constantinos P. | en |