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=Who is responsible for the ICT PD of teachers?=


 * Motivation** //(Who is responsible for the ICT PD of teachers?)//

MCEETYA (2006:8) provides clear guidance that it is responsibility of teachers themselves and their employers (I would suggest both indicidually and collectively) to take responsibility for the professional learning of teachers.

Holkner (2006:25) argues for a community to produce and collect examples of good practice in ICT education.

This article prompted me to consider a number of issues in relation to professional learning for teachers. Are professional standards the way we assess professional learning? Are they the right or wrong way to assess professional learning? Is a competency-based approach appropriate when considering the professional learning of ICT by teachers?

Pagram (2000:14) says that employer groups should ensure that teachers have access to their own personal equipment to participate in learning technology environments. Teachers, professional associations, educational leaders, employer groups, teacher accreditation and training institutions, education unions and other education groups share the responsibility for the dissemination and sharing of good practice in the use of learning technology in education. Professional associations have a role in developing awareness of the issues surrounding Teacher Learning Technology Competencies. This includes the dissemination of ideas, development of dialogue and ongoing debate, promotion of good practice, encouragement of a range of professional development opportunities, and lobbying on behalf of members and of the wider teaching community.

Pagram (2000:20) identifies that individual teachers, professional associations, educational leaders, employer groups, teacher accreditation and training institutions, education unions etc) must share the nresponsibility for the dissemination and sharing of good practice in the use of learning technology in education.

//TeleLearning Inc.1999 (accessed 4th Mar. 2006), In-service Teachers Professional Development Models in the Use of Information and Communication Technologies, http://www.tact.fse.ulaval.ca/ang/html/pdmodels.html

Professional development is both a personal and an organizational issue. // // //