Awareness on ICT Resources in Teaching – Learning among Student Teachers of Diploma in Elementary Education

Dr. R. Bagdha Vatchala Perumal

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Awareness on ICT Resources in Teaching – Learning among Student Teachers of Diploma in Elementary Education

Dr. R. Bagdha Vatchala Perumal

Abstract :

Teacher education always plays an important role in the overall economic and social development of any country by virtue of its contribution to the quality of education. A corollary to this is the training of student teachers for the effective use of ICT and consequent transfer of these skills to successive generations. The investigator attempted to study student teachers awareness and perceptions related to their roles having an in–depth understanding of learning resources and its advantages. The objectives of the study are 1) To find out the awareness among student teachers of Diploma in Elementary Education on Technology operations and concepts. 2) To find out the awareness among student teachers of Diploma in Elementary Education on Planning and designing learning environments related to ICT. 50 second year student teachers of Diploma in Elementary Education who are studying at DIET, Uthamapalayam of Tamilnadu in the academic year 2016–2017 were employed as sample for the study. The study concluded that, student teachers will have to address these emerging challenges if they must become active participants in the education reformation process. Keeping aeast of the latest one’s profession involves an acceptance of ‘continuum of learning’. So, this is the need of an hour that the teacher training programs must incorporate components, which familiarize teachers–to–be with skills related to the meaningful usage of ICT in support of student–centric methodologies.