ICT in Non-US Preservice
Teacher Education
ICT in Teacher
Education is a Global
Issue
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Abraham Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Individual Needs
A hierarchy applicable to people throughout the
world.
1. Biological and Physiological Needs (air, warmth,
shelter, food, sleep, etc.)
2. Security Needs (protection from danger)
3. Social Needs (love, friendship, comradeship)
4. Ego Needs (self respect, personal worth, autonomy)
5. Self Actualization Needs (full potential)
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Maslow’s Expanded
Hierarchy of Individual Needs
Think about where ICT fits into this.
1. Biological and Physiological Needs (air, warmth,
shelter, food, sleep, etc.)
2. Security Needs (protection from danger)
3. Social Needs (love, friendship, comradeship)
4. Ego Needs (self respect, personal worth, autonomy)
5. Cognitive & Aesthetic Needs
6. Self Actualization Needs (full potential)
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American Indians
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Within the territorial US there are about 500
American Indian Nations.
Their culture, language, traditions, religion, etc
are a critical component of what they are.
The US has a long history of doing serious
damage to American Indian cultures, language,
values, etc. via informal and formal education of
American Indians and other means.
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People’s Republic of China
Fong, Vanessa L. (2004). Only Hope: Coming of Age
Under China’s One-Child Policy. Quoting:
Parents, whether educated or not, spent hours
nightly sitting next to their children making
certain they would study. They forbade their
children to do any housework, deprived
themselves of visits to the bathhouse in favor of
their children (p. 144).
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Quoting Vanessa Fong
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A mother lost her factory work and
couldn’t give her daughter money to buy
snacks during school. The father,
however, insisted, “give her the money! …
It’s a small price to pay if it helps her get
into college.” (p. 160)
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Quoting Vanessa Fong
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A junior high school daughter tried to set
the table for dinner, but her mother
shoved her away. “Every minute should
be spent on your studies…. Don’t waste
your time in the kitchen” (p.165).
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UN Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization
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UNESCO Bangkok. ICT portal for teachers.
http://www.unescobkk.org/
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There are many ongoing projects. They
tend to be strongly oriented to the needs
of individual countries.
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UNESCO: India
June 14, 2004 The Seelampur Community
ICT Centre is a learning centre for girls
and women located in a high-density,
low-income area in India's capital New
Delhi.
It is one of nine UNESCO project sites
which seek to addresses both the root
cause of poverty and barriers to (ICT) by
poor individuals and communities.
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India
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The International Finance Corporation, a World Bank
subsidiary has invested $1.6 million in a project called 'Hole
in the Wall', where computer kiosks are being placed in urban
slums and street children with almost no education are
teaching each other on the use of computers. The project
encourages underprivileged children in India to learn from a
web-based curriculum through Internet kiosks, which will be
installed in more than 60 locations over the next three years.
The aim is to improve education for poor children, ensuring
equal access for girls and boys.
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India
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New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh today
(May 17, 2005) called on the educational institutions
in the Country to effectively utilise the latest
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
resources to provide high quality education.
He said that while disseminating knowledge using
the latest ICT resources, institutions should also
focus on spreading the message of "religious
tolerance, democratic values and removal of
inequities."
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India
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There are more illiterate individuals in India than any other
country in the world; at the same time India has highly
competent human resources as well as a strong base in ICT.
More than 25% (59 million school-aged children) are not now
in school. [Contrast this number with the total of about 50
million school age children in the US currently in schools.]
… relative lack of ICT resources and access in the schools.
Thus, the project design is to take advantage of ICTs to assist
in all dimensions of the project.
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$100 Laptop Project
Nicholas Negroponte is heading up a
project to produce $100 laptop computers
and to give away and/or sell several
hundred million of these in developing
nations.
 http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
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India’s $100 Computer
Various companies in India are working to
develop an inexpensive computer
 See:
http://news.com.com/Indias+renaissance+
The+100+computer/2009-1041_35752054.html
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Final Questions and Comments
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