PRIMARY FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH ON ICT LITERACY EDUCATION PUPILS’ AND TEACHERS’ ICT COMPETENCIES IN PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Authors

  • Vladimír Rambousek Charles University in Prague
  • Jiří Štípek Charles University in Prague
  • Josef Procházka Charles University in Prague

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2013.060404

Keywords:

Education, ICT literacy education, ICT skills, teacher’s information technology competencies

Abstract

In 2012 and 2013, the authors of this paper worked on the Czech Science Foundation Project - Information Technology Competencies of Children and Their Development in Primary and Lower Secondary Schools. This article briefly reports on this project focused on examining the current state, structure and trends in development of ICT literacy education in Czech primary (ISCED 1) and lower-secondary schools (ISCED 2). 1,183 schools (ICT teachers) and 2,507 pupils joined the project. It presents the key findings of the research in particular issues including characteristics and thematic units of educational ICT activities, pupils´ information technology skills development and implementation of ICT competencies into educational activities. The research follows up on a similarily orientated project realized in 2006, in which the relevant data was obtained from 930 schools and it seeks to update and compare these research findings.

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    2013-12-31

    How to Cite

    Rambousek, V., Štípek, J. and Procházka, J. (2013) ’PRIMARY FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH ON ICT LITERACY EDUCATION PUPILS’ AND TEACHERS’ ICT COMPETENCIES IN PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS’, Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 245–264. https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2013.060404

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    Vol. 6 No. 4 (2013)

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