tailieunhanh - Integration of ICT in Education in Vietnam

Integration of ICT in Education in Vietnam: from Policy to Practice Jef Peeraer (Coordinator Teacher Training – ICT, VVOB Vietnam) Thy Tran (Coordinator Teacher Training – ICT, VVOB Vietnam) Abstract During the school year 2008-2009, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) of Vietnam launched the “Year of ICT” to produce a breakthrough in educational innovation. In light of this development the authors have carried out a policy analysis to study the national vision and mission on integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education in Vietnam. The policy analysis focuses on the most recent developments in guidelines on ICT. | Integration of ICT in Education in Vietnam from Policy to Practice Jef Peeraer Coordinator Teacher Training - ICT VVOB Vietnam Thy Tran Coordinator Teacher Training - ICT VVOB Vietnam Abstract During the school year 2008-2009 the Ministry of Education and Training MOET of Vietnam launched the Year of ICT to produce a breakthrough in educational innovation. In light of this development the authors have carried out a policy analysis to study the national vision and mission on integrating Information and Communication Technology ICT in education in Vietnam. The policy analysis focuses on the most recent developments in guidelines on ICT and education in the context of the movement on Friendly Schools Active Students . Exploratory analysis at the level of 5 provincial teacher education institutions TEIs sheds light on the discourse adopted in these institutions and assesses the translation and implementation of the developed policy guidelines in Teacher Education in Vietnam. Keywords Educational Technology Policy analysis Teacher Education Vietnam 1. Introduction ICT is high on the education reform agenda of many countries in East Asia. New policies for educational reform are built around the premise and promise of effective ICT integration in teaching and learning Richards 2004 . Yet in practice the use of ICT for teaching practice is limited at best. Analysis of integration of ICT in education cannot afford to decontextualize the computer from wider social and political variables that shape the larger context of schools Selwyn 1999 . Strategic policies can provide a rationale a set of goals and a vision for how education systems might be with the introduction of ICT Kozma 2008 . Pick and Azari 2008 remark that the results for a single nation seeking improved ICT depends on political will and leadership that appreciates how multidimensional factors need to be combined for development. 2. Research objectives The research objective of this paper is to investigate the .