EVALUATING THE POTENTIALS OF ICT INTEGRATION IN TEACHING WITH THE AIM OF INTENTIONALLY DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY IN PUPILS Cover Image

EVALUATING THE POTENTIALS OF ICT INTEGRATION IN TEACHING WITH THE AIM OF INTENTIONALLY DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY IN PUPILS
EVALUATING THE POTENTIALS OF ICT INTEGRATION IN TEACHING WITH THE AIM OF INTENTIONALLY DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY IN PUPILS

Author(s): Mateja Ploj Virtič, Kosta Dolenc
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: ICT; learning activities; learning environment; modern technology
Summary/Abstract: With an increasing impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the way we live and work, the educational institutions also try to transform educational curricula and learning environments in order to fill the technological gap that has emerged in the field of education. This conversion process requires the effective integration of technology into an existing learning environment, and in the first place train the teachers, whose role in the classroom completely changes by introducing technology.The paper presents an example of integrating innovative pedagogy in the process of future teachers’ education and qualitative research, which examines the usefulness of ICT in learning activities for intentional development of competencies for the 21st century learners.