ICT IN EDUCATION
Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers Through ICT
This project aims to enable the next generation of post-primary teachers in the Asia-Pacific region to harness the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance teaching and learning.
- Teachers participating in a training activity. ©UNESCO/Tinsiri Siribodhi
Recognizing that teachers are central to successful learning, UNESCO has supported the professional development of teachers for nearly 60 years.
UNESCO’s most recent initiative is the Next Generation of Teachers (Next Gen) Project which is designed to assist Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) in the Asia-Pacific region to prepare the next generation of teachers to judiciously use technologies for teaching and learning.
Related documents and links:
- Next Gen Scaling-Up Programme
- Summary of the Next Generation of Teachers Project - Stage 1 (PDF, 360KB)
- Next Gen Project Description (Stage 1)
- Survey of pre-service teacher training in the Asia-Pacific region
- UNESCO (Global) Teacher Education website
4th Deans' Forum 2009
Activities:
- 4th Deans Forum – 29-30 June 2009, UNESCO Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand)
- Experts Meeting on ICT-related Curriculum Development (Next Gen), UNESCO Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand), 21-22 April 2009
- The 2nd Regional Workshop on ICT-integration Training for the Next Generation of Teachers, Brunei Darussalam (Brunei), 12-15 May 2008
- Partners in Learning Regional Innovative Teachers Conference 2008 , Hanoi (Viet Nam), 8-10 April 2008
- Asia-Pacific Deans of Education Forum 2008, Perth (Australia), 18-20 February 2008
- Regional Workshop on ICT integration, Yunnan
- Deans' Forum, Colombo
- Deans' Forum, Bangkok
- Coaching Workshop for Teacher Educators in Thailand
- Consultative Meeting and Launch of the Next Gen Project
Next Gen events currently planned:
- First Curriculum Development Workshop, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), August 31 – September 4
- Curriculum Development Workshop, Phnom Penh (Cambodia), September 28 – October 2
- UNESCO Next Generation of Teachers: First Philippine Conference on ICT in Teacher Education, October 26-30
Kudos to our friends from the Philippines for initiating this conference on their own and well ahead of the committed time-frame. If you want to attend, observe or be part of this conference, contact Dean Talisayon at vtalisayon[at]yahoo.com - 13th UNESCO-APEID International Conference on Education and World Bank-KERIS High-Level Seminar on ICT in Education, Hangzhou (China), November 15 - 17
If you want to register as participant, you can do it at www.unescobkk.org/education/apeid/conference/china
Articles about the Next Gen project:
Partners:
- Microsoft (Partners in Learning)
- Cisco Systems (Cisco Networking Academy)
- Japanese Funds-in-Trust
- SMART Technologies Inc.
Contact:
For further information about the Next Gen project or to find out how you or your organization can participate, please contact us.
Ms Maneerat Woramunee
Tel: (+66) 2 3910577 ext 219
E-mail: w.maneerat[at]unescobkk.org
This website http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/teachertraining/next_gen is updated regularly as project activities are implemented.