TY - GEN
T1 - Integration of ICT to science education through professional development of teachers
AU - Lavonen, Jari
AU - Juuti, Kalle
AU - Meisalo, Veijo
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Altogether 31 science teachers from six municipalities all over the country joined together in autumn 2000 to establish The Finnish Virtual School for Science Education (FVSSE) with the aim of developing models of using information and communication technologies (ICT) in science education and of helping science teachers in their efforts to develop science education. Altogether 13 two-day seminars, with computer conferences between the seminars, were organised over a three-year period. Collaboration, reflection, contextuality and planning small teaching experiments together were typical features of this professional development project. The self-evaluation data showed that teachers adopted different kinds of ICT use and integrated ICT in various ways into science education. Moreover, teachers' ICT competence increased.
AB - Altogether 31 science teachers from six municipalities all over the country joined together in autumn 2000 to establish The Finnish Virtual School for Science Education (FVSSE) with the aim of developing models of using information and communication technologies (ICT) in science education and of helping science teachers in their efforts to develop science education. Altogether 13 two-day seminars, with computer conferences between the seminars, were organised over a three-year period. Collaboration, reflection, contextuality and planning small teaching experiments together were typical features of this professional development project. The self-evaluation data showed that teachers adopted different kinds of ICT use and integrated ICT in various ways into science education. Moreover, teachers' ICT competence increased.
KW - ICT use in education
KW - In-service education
KW - Professional development of teachers
KW - Science education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=11144251118&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:11144251118
SN - 0889864306
SN - 9780889864306
T3 - Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
SP - 564
EP - 569
BT - Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
A2 - Uskov, V.
T2 - Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
Y2 - 16 August 2004 through 18 August 2004
ER -