ICT and changing mindsets in education : Repenser l'education a l'aide des TIC / editors, Kathryn Toure, Therese Mungah Shalo Tchombe, Thierry Karsenti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toure, Kathryn.

Tchombé, Thérèse Mungah.

Karsenti, Thierry, 1968-

Réseau ouest et centre africain de recherche en éducation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet in education--Africa.

Internet in education.

Computer-assisted instruction--Africa.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Educational technology--Africa.

Educational technology.

Educational equalization--Africa.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Repenser l'education a l'aide des TIC

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The debate is no longer whether to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in education in Africa but how to do so, and how to ensure equitable access for teachers and learners, whether in urban or rural settings. This is a book about how Africans adopt and adapt ICT. It is also about how ICT shape African schools and classrooms. Why do we use ICT, or not? Do girls and boys use them in the same ways? How are teachers and students in primary and secondary schools in Africa using ICT in teaching and learning? How does the process transform relations among learners, educators and know

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Thanks / Remerciements; Table of Contents / Table de matières; Preface; 1. Introduction: ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education; 2. Reflections on Cultural Imperialism and Pedagogical Possibilities Emerging from Youth Encounters with Internet in Africa; 3. Réflexions sur l'impérialisme culturel et les possibilités pédagogiques, émergeantes des rencontres des jeunes en Afrique avec internet; 4. Gender and Psycho-pedagogical Implications for Cognitive Growth through Access to Information and Communication Technologies

5. Comment intégrer les TIC dans les écoles béninoises si les enseignants restent en marge ?6. Quelle durabilité pour les TIC dans l'éducation au Bénin ?; 7. L'usage pédagogique des TIC et les enseignants des écoles fondamentales privées au Mali; 8. Usages et représentations sociales du courriel dans les cybercafés de Bamako; 9. Introduction of ICT in Schools and Classrooms in Cameroon; 10. Evaluation de la pratique des enseignants en matière de TIC dans les écoles au Sénégal; 11. Teacher ICT Readiness in Ghana

12. L'intégration des TIC dans l'enseignement: quelles perspectives pour l'école béninoise ?13. Quel avenir pour l'usage pédagogique des TIC en Afrique subsaharienne ? Cas de cinq pays membres du ROCARE; 14. Les TIC, l'apprentissage et la motivation des filles et des garçons au secondaire au Cameroun; 15. Les TIC : instruments de médiation socioconstructiviste; Back Cover

Notes:

Papers in English and French.

Research conducted in 2003-2005 by ERNWACA, in collaboration with the University of Montreal.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613198099

9781283198097

1283198096

9789956715916

9956715913

9789956715084

9956715085

9789956615834

9956615838

OCLC:

830166694