Full Description
With increasing global challenges, the Belt and Road initiative seems to offer one possible platform to think about different possibilities and pathways to promote international collaboration and development covering Asia, Europe, Africa, and other countries. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education, as a key focus, provides valuable perspectives for governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental agencies wanting to innovate and advance both ICT and education independently and collaboratively. This book highlights the burgeoning of ICT in education in eleven countries, with particular emphasis placed on the context of the Belt and Road Initiative. ICT has increasingly important roles in education including improve teaching and learning qualities, as well as equity in education. The prominent contributors describe the state-of-the-art of ICT in education in eleven countries based on six major themes (policy perspectives, infrastructure, educational resources, ICT integration into practices, students' ICT competence, and teachers' professional development). We hope the in-depth discussions included in this book would provoke more academic and policy insights globally.
Contents
Part one: Introduction.- Chapter 1: Introduction to B&R initiative.- Chapter 2: Methodology: Assessment framework of ICT in education.- Chapter 3: Overview of the state of development of ICT in education in B&R countries.- Part two: Country reports.- Chapter 4: Overview of the country reports.- Chapter 5: Singapore.- Chapter 6: China.- Chapter 7: Croatia.- Chapter 8: India.- Chapter 9: Korea.- Chapter 10: Malaysia.- Chapter 11: Russia.- Chapter 12: Bahrain.- Chapter 13: Egypt.- Chapter 14: New Zealand.- Chapter 15: Romania.- Chapter 16: South Africa.- Part three: Summary and conclusion.- Chapter 17: Implications.- Chapter 18: Recommendation.
