Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development

The goal of ‘teacher quality for all’ is proving difficult to achieve in many countries, especially in rural and remote areas, yet teacher quality is a key determinant of students’ participation rates and levels of achievement. Though teachers’ professional development may be recognised as essential...

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Autor principal:	Bernadette Robinson
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2008
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bc09596294b94b24915771ea04b7bcd32021-12-02T17:00:17ZUsing ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development10.19173/irrodl.v9i1.4861492-3831https://doaj.org/article/bc09596294b94b24915771ea04b7bcd32008-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/486https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The goal of ‘teacher quality for all’ is proving difficult to achieve in many countries, especially in rural and remote areas, yet teacher quality is a key determinant of students’ participation rates and levels of achievement. Though teachers’ professional development may be recognised as essential for improving teacher quality, policy choices, resources and approaches sometimes restrict its availability and limit its value to teachers. This paper describes the use of distance education and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to increase rural teachers’ learning opportunities in rural China and as a means for policy-makers and planners to support teachers’ professional development in ways than empower teachers.Bernadette RobinsonAthabasca University PressarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2008)
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description	The goal of ‘teacher quality for all’ is proving difficult to achieve in many countries, especially in rural and remote areas, yet teacher quality is a key determinant of students’ participation rates and levels of achievement. Though teachers’ professional development may be recognised as essential for improving teacher quality, policy choices, resources and approaches sometimes restrict its availability and limit its value to teachers. This paper describes the use of distance education and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to increase rural teachers’ learning opportunities in rural China and as a means for policy-makers and planners to support teachers’ professional development in ways than empower teachers.
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title	Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development
title_short	Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development
title_full	Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development
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title_full_unstemmed	Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development
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Using ICT and distance education to increase access, equity and quality of rural teachers’ professional development

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