Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Teacher Education Programs in Pakistan

The research was funded and supervised by USAID teacher Education project for Pakistan. This research was aimed to investigate ‘what accounts more for ICTs implementation and integration’ in teacher training programs in the Khyber Pakthunkhwa and Punjab provinces in Pakistan. It was the first time that the Government of Pakistan realized the importance of ICTs and reflected its integration in teacher education programs as policy matter in the National Education Policy 2009. The course “ICTs in Education” was implemented for ADE/B. Ed (E) classes in 2010-11 for the first time. In this situation, it was vital to explore how successfully this course was implemented and ICTs were integrated in the pioneer institutions, so as to have baseline information for further improvement in the implementation process.本研究由针对巴基斯坦的美国国际开发署（USAID）教师教育项目资助并监管。本研究旨在探究巴基斯坦开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省与旁遮普省教师培训项目中，哪些因素更能解释信息与通信技术（Information and Communications Technologies，ICTs）的实施与整合情况。这是巴基斯坦政府首次认识到ICTs的重要性，并将其在教师教育项目中的整合作为政策事项写入《2009年国家教育政策》。2010至2011学年，针对ADE/B. Ed（E）班级开设的"教育中的ICTs"课程首次落地实施。在此背景下，探究该课程在首批试点院校中的实施成效与ICTs整合情况，以获取基线数据用于后续实施流程的优化完善，至关重要。