Volume 10 : Issue 10.3 (2023)

A Study of Integration of ICT in Learning-Teaching during Internship in B.Ed. Programme

Teacher plays an important role for the all-round development of the child, for which it is very important that the quality of teacher education is improved from time-to-time. To improve the quality of teacher education, Enhancing Professional Capacities (EPC) courses programme have been included in the two-year B.Ed. curriculum in 2014. One of the EPC Course is ‘Critical Understanding of ICT’. This course has been included in the B.Ed. programme to enable student-teachers to recognize, understand and appreciate ICT as an effective learning tool for learners, to integrate ICT into classroom instruction, make optimum use of digital resources, integrate e-learning and ICT with pedagogy, etc. On this premise, in the present paper researcher attempts to examine in what ways ICT tools were integrated in learning-teaching during internship? The objectives of the present study were to analyse the status of the integration of ICT during internship in B.Ed. Programme, the perception of student teachers towards the integration of ICT in their internship and the challenges faced by student teachers in integration of ICT during their internship. The data were collected from the student -teacher by using questionnaire, rating scale and interview schedule. The results of the study showed that ICT tools were used in 80% of the lessons during the internship by the student teachers. The paper also discusses the difficulties faced by student-teachers in integrating technology with pedagogy and content during the internship programme. The analysis shows that schools need to be equipped with ICT technology.

ICT, EPC Courses, Technology Integration, Digital platform, Internship.

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