eSN Special Report: 21st-Century Teacher Education

By Christine Van Dusen

The disconnect between the technology that exists in schools today and the training that pre-service teachers often receive "does the teachers and their classrooms a great disservice," Armstrong said.

"Teachers are not prepared to use the technology," she said. "It still amazes me so much, because the push is technology--but not at the universities where people learn to become teachers."

In response to this trend, and the ever-more technically sophisticated classroom of the 21st century, some education schools are stepping up their efforts to train the next generation of teachers to be ready to integrate new technologies in the classroom.

"We can, and we should, prepare teachers how to use interactive technologies and Web 2.0 applications,"

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-articles/index.cfm?i=58995&page=2 accessed 18/08/09

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