TEACHER TRAINING CURRICULA IN THE DIGITAL ERA: RETAINING TRADITION IN A CONTEXT OF CHANGE PROF. DR. KAMISAH OSMAN www.ukm.my/

TEACHER EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA INTRODUCTION: TEACHER EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA TAJUK “The experience of the (most successful) school systems suggest three things matter most: getting the right people to become teachers; developing them into effective instructors; ensuring that the system is able to deliver the best possible instruction for every child” (McKinsey Report, 2007. ‘How the best performing school systems come out on top’) www.ukm.my/

SCENARIO AT GLANCE… Certificates Pre-Service Degree In-Service LLL TAJUK Masters , Phd Certificates Degree Pre-Service In-Service LLL www.ukm.my/

TEACHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS TAJUK www.ukm.my/

Malaysian Teacher Education Philosophy TEACHER EDUCATION: CATALYSING NATIONAL ASPIRATION Malaysian Teacher Education Philosophy Mission Vision To have a Teacher Education System of world class standard that fulfills the aspirations of the nation TAJUK To produce a noble teacher, whose view is scientific and progressive, ready to uphold the national aspiration and respect the culture, guaranteed individual growth and preserved one society that is united, democratic, progressive and discipline To develop a high standard Teacher Education System that produces teachers who consistently strive for excellence and ever willing to fulfill the aspirations of the nation www.ukm.my/

The Practice of the Values of the Teaching Profession MALAYSIAN TEACHER STANDARDS S1 The Practice of the Values of the Teaching Profession TAJUK S2 Knowledge and Understanding S3 Teaching and Learning Skills www.ukm.my/

Criteria and Standards Malaysian Qualification Framework Vision, Mission, Educational Goals, and Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Curriculum Design and Delivery Students Selection and Support Services Academic Staff Educational Resources Programme Monitoring and Review Leadership, Governance and Administration Continual Quality Improvement Assessment of Students Enhanced Standards Criteria and Standards Benchmark Standards MQF Institutions and Graduates

QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK: SKILLS EVERY GRADUATE MUST HAVE Knowledge Social skills and responsibilities Communication, leadership and team skills Information management and lifelong learning skills Managerial and entrepreneurial skills Problem solving and scientific skills Values, attitudes and professionalism Practical Skills 7 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 TAJUK www.ukm.my/

APEL AND CAREER PATHWAY Formal Learning Non Formal Learning Certificate Informal Learning: Continous/Workplace Acreditation of Prior Experiental Learning TAJUK www.ukm.my/

Advancement of ICT in Education STATUS OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN DIGITAL ERA… Crieria National ICT Policy ISTE’s Standard Advancement of ICT in Education UNESCO ICT Standards TAJUK www.ukm.my/

METHODOLOGY Interviews Secondary Data TAJUK Primary Data Teacher Training Curricular in 8 Public Universities and 3 Teacher Education Institues Documentes related to Criteria Primary Data Publlication related to the latest ICT Trends in Education ICT and Teaher Preparation Program Secondary Data Interviews with ICT Course Coordinators E Learning Coordinators Interviews TAJUK www.ukm.my/

Components of ICT Curriculum ANALYSIS OF TE CURRICULA… Components of ICT Curriculum ICT in Education Computers in Education E-Learning Emerging Technology Multimedia in Education Photography Desktop Publishing Presentation Tool Spreadsheet Database e-Portfolio Website and Networking Evaluation of Website & Search Engines Instructional Media Overhead Projector and Transparency Chart and Scrapbook e-Learning Presentation Information and communication Technology (ICT) TAJUK Application Practice and Tutorial Introduction to Educational Technology Introduction to Instructional Technology Learning Theories Communication in Education Instructional Design Instructional Design Models Instructional Systems Instructional Media Graphics in Education Projected Media Overhead Projector and Transparency Audio in Education Video in Education Photography in Education 2D and 3D Materials Education Presentation Skills Components of ICT Curriculum for Pre-service Teachers in Malaysian Public Universities Introduction to Telecommunication Web Searching HTML Programming Internet Infrastructure Remote access, File Transfer and E-mail Desktop and video Conferencing Internet for Web Based Learning Networks Technology, Topology and Wiring LAN Application Wireless Networking Educational and Instructional Technology Telecommunication and Networking Library Science Educational Information Agencies www.ukm.my/

Advancement of ICT in Education MAIN FINDINGS… Crieria National ICT Policy ISTE’s Standard Advancement of ICT in Education UNESCO ICT Standards Gap bet the essence of policy and ICT courses offered TAJUK Curriculum is behind in many aspects Curriculum is behind in many aspects Curriculum incorporates tehnologies that were current 10 years ago www.ukm.my/

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES… What should be the objectives and learning outcomes of ICT curriculum for teacher traning? How can we make sure that teacher education ICT curriculum is aligned with various international standards as well as nationally ICT in Education formulated policies? Should the ICT curriculum for pre-service teachers be uniform among all the teacher training providers? TAJUK www.ukm.my/

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES… What are the fundamental areas of ICT that has to be included in the ICT curriculum for preservice teachers? What are the models and strategies that can be used to train pre-service teachers in ICT? How and what should be done to ensure teacher training ICT curriculum be used as a foundation and bridge to continue in service teacher training in ICT? TAJUK www.ukm.my/

STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE USE OF ICT IN TEAHING AND LEARNING MOVING FORWARD… STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE USE OF ICT IN TEAHING AND LEARNING TAJUK www.ukm.my/

Online Communties of practice Teachers at School B School C School D School E School A TAJUK www.ukm.my/

CONNECTIVITY & SHARING…. Sharing of good lessons through blogs Forum discussions of lessons TAJUK Video clips of good lessons via VIP Communicaion with social media INNOVATIVE LEADRSHIP Discussion with Moderators Sharing of best Practices www.ukm.my/

MOVING TOGETHER WITH COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS… TAJUK www.ukm.my/

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