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‘Technology, teacher training must go hand in hand to improve schools’
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Posted on Oct 29 2004
According to a chapter in a new book, it is not enough to put modern computers and educational software in schools; teachers must also be trained and provided incentives for integrating technology into their lessons.
The chapter, by Gregory Sales of Minnesota and Masa-Aki Emesiochl of the Republic of Palau, appears in a new book from UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning that provides an international perspective on the role of technology in school improvement.
The chapter examines the case of Palau, where despite very high numbers of computers in classrooms, teacher use of technology in instruction remains low.
The book, titled Adapting Technology for School Improvement: A Global Perspective, can be downloaded or ordered from the IIEP website at www.unesco.org/iiep.
Gregory Sales is president and CEO of Pacific Learning Services Inc. and Masa-Aki Emesiochl is the director of the Pacific Regional Technology in Education Consortium at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning.
For more information about PLS, contact Javier Elizondo by phone at (808) 536-3535 or by email at jelizondo@pacificls.com. For more information about PREL, contact Julian Heinz by phone at (808) 441-1382 or by email at heinzj@prel.org.
