capacity-building of in-service teachers through innovative approaches

Capacity-building of in-service teachers through innovative approaches

Assoc Prof (Dr) Santally Mohammad IssackUniversity of Mauritius

“........there is absolutely no way the bricks and mortar institutions of teacher training created in the last century will be adequate for 21st century needs........

....... the training needs of new and existing teachers far outstrip the capacity of existing institutions.............’’

Bob Moon, The Open University

Between 10 and 13 million additional teachers will be required if the millennium targets to achieve UBE are to be reached by 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa, for instance is losing teachers through AIDS

The move towards knowledge-based society is diverting potential teachers towards new occupations

millions of new and existing primary teachers will be ‘unqualified’ and many will have had only a rudimentary secondary level education

Is it the time for Radical Change in Teacher Education?

Slow progress has been observed as traditional bricks and mortar institutions do not have the resources to match the expected output

The mismatch between educational policies, availability of resources and field teaching practice.

Limited involvement of traditional teacher training institutions in long term career development of teachers

The need to tap in on modern technologies

ICT as a main driver for Education Reforms

ICTs come to play an increasing role in the professional support of teachers

Digital Libraries, OER Repositories,Social Networks, Interactive Resources

ODL, with new forms of ICT, gives the flexibility for learners to study at a time and place which is convenient to them......

..........rather than a timetable or schedule predetermined by institutional organizational requirements.

21st Century Learning Challenge

21st Century Education for Innovation

21st Century Education

Media-Driven

Learner-Centered

Personalised

Virtual & Global

Networked

Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development

Capacity Building of Educators for 21st Century

The Focus of our ActionTechno-Pedagogy

• The use of ICTs to improve teaching and learning

• Devising new pedagogical approaches based on the new possibilities offered by technology

• Promoting 21st century skills acquisition through a networked learning environments

Axes of Capacity-Building• Educator Networking and communities of practice for sharing,

online skills acquisition (badges) and technology tools

• Interactive Materials Development using the rapid e-learning method

• Train-the-trainers approach for blended e-learning adoption in teacher capacity building (e.g MOOCs)

• School Leadership and Policy (future)

Educator Networking and Communities of Practice

Interactive Materials Development

e-Learning Authoring Tools

FlashHTML5

JavaScriptProgramming

Some Examples of Interactive Materials

Train-the-trainers approach for blended e-learning adoption in teacher capacity

building (e.g MOOCs)

• Development of MOOCs for teacher training

• Using MOODLE for distance e-Learning and online tutoring

• Development of interactive e-books for offline delivery

Regions of Interventions

• Seychelles Ministry of Education and Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education

• Mauritius

• University of Swaziland

The Systemic Model

• Focuses on 4P Innovation Partnership model (Public, Private, People, Partnership)

– Commonwealth of Learning through VUSSC– Public Institutions (SITE, UNISWA, University of

Mauritius)– Private Sector (Microsoft)– People (NGOs)

Hybrid Training Model

Placement training in a real environment

Ready-to-Run Courses &

Acquisition of expertise

Validation and Deployment

Life

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skill

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Potential and Constraints

• Replicability and scaleability• Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge

Application and Knowledge Creation Phases complete

• Cost element is a constraint – joint funding model seems to be a sustainable solution

• Need for clear KPIs and outcomes for long term cost-effectiveness

Thank You