UNESCO ICT competency framework for teachers

UNESCO in partnership with industry leaders and global subject experts, has created an international benchmark which sets out the competencies required to teach effectively with information and communications technology (ICT). The framework emphasises that it is not enough for teachers to have ICT competencies and be able to teach them to their students. Teachers need to be able to help the students become collaborative, problem solving, creative learners through using ICT so they will be effective citizens and members of the workforce. The framework therefore addresses all aspects of a...  [+] Show more

UNESCO in partnership with industry leaders and global subject experts, has created an international benchmark which sets out the competencies required to teach effectively with information and communications technology (ICT). The framework emphasises that it is not enough for teachers to have ICT competencies and be able to teach them to their students. Teachers need to be able to help the students become collaborative, problem solving, creative learners through using ICT so they will be effective citizens and members of the workforce. The framework therefore addresses all aspects of a teacher's work. The framework is arranged in three different approaches to teaching (three successive stages of a teacher's development). The first is 'technology literacy', enabling students to use ICT in order to learn more efficiently. The second is 'knowledge deepening', enabling students to acquire in-depth knowledge of their school subjects and apply it to complex, real-world problems. The third is 'knowledge creation', enabling students, citizens and the workforce they become, to create the new knowledge required for the well-being of societies. This document sets out the details of each module, examples of how these modules can be turned into syllabi, and and exam specifications. The framework is intended to inform educational policy makers, teacher-educators, providers of professional learning and working teachers on the role of ICT in educational reform.

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