Perceptions of Teacher Educators Regarding Information and Communications Technology Implementation in Israeli Teacher Education Institutes

• In Event: Roundtable Session 55
  In Roundtable Session: Perceptions on Technology Integration and Decision Making

Abstract

ICT in teacher education poses new challenges to faculty and students. This requires examination of factors facilitating and hindering ICT implementation in teacher education institutes. Findings from our study revealed that providing technological-pedagogical support to teacher educators and their perceptions and beliefs regarding ICT usage were consistent with being either facilitating or hindering factors in the integration process in colleges of education. Professional development of teacher educators in ICT skills and guidance in applying advanced technologies are additional facilitating factors. Resources, mainly time and infrastructure, were mostly a hindering factor with adverse influence on ICT integration. Three levels of successful ICT integration indicated successful implementation: teacher educators' level, students in their practice, and the organization level in terms of policy.

Authors

• Orit Avidov Ungar, Open University of Israel & Achva Academic College

• Alona Forkosh Baruch, Tel Aviv University