Preparing Teachers for a Mobile World, to Improve Access to Education

Autor/inn/en	Ally, Mohamed; Grimus, Margarete; Ebner, Martin
Titel	Preparing Teachers for a Mobile World, to Improve Access to Education
Quelle	In: Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 44 (2014) 1, S.43-59 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-1538
DOI	10.1007/s11125-014-9293-2
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Educational Improvement; Electronic Learning; Handheld Devices; Technology Uses in Education; Technology Integration; Pilot Projects; Teacher Education Programs; Faculty Development; Preservice Teacher Education; Capacity Building; Technological Literacy; Technology Education; Curriculum Design; Instructional Innovation; Teacher Competencies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Technisches Wissen; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lehrplangestaltung; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Lehrkunst
Abstract	Recent statistics on the use of mobile technology proclaim that the world is becoming mobile. People use their phones to socialize, to conduct business, to search for information, and more. For the first time in history, people around the world have the potential to learn from any location at their own convenience. But first, education systems must change, to facilitate mobile access to education. As this article describes, the most important change will be training teachers, both in pre-service programmes and through professional development, to use the technology to design and deliver education and to create bridges to informal learning. The article also describes some projects around the world that are helping to prepare teachers for the mobile world, and some pilot projects using the technology. Most such research, however, is limited to short-term studies focusing on learners' satisfaction with mobile learning. Future studies must consider its long-term benefits and its impacts on performance and retention. As mobile technologies emerge, teachers have to keep up with the changes so that they can take advantage of the power of the technology to design and deliver education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10