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THE NEEDS OF TEACHERS ICT COMPETENCIES IMPROVEMENT
Genut Gedvilien - Prof.Dr. Faculty of Social Sciences, Vytautas
Magnus University. The author of a nu!erof scientific "u!lications
in national and international #ournals.
$reas of scientific interests% teaching and learning "aradigs,
learning in grou"s - research into cognitive and
social s&ills, learning grou" Dynaics, adult learning, '(T
technology. $ddress% De"artent of )ducationSciences, Faculty of
Social Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, *. Donelai+io str. ,
*aunas, ithuania, T-//0/. )-ail% g.gedviliene1sf.vdu.lt, "hone%
2345 34 3046//
Virgini#a 7ort&evi+ien - Master degree in Vocational
)ducation and Training Manageent at the faculty ofSocial Sciences
at VMU.
$reas of scientific interests% social "artnershi" in vocational
education and training, the use of '(T in studines,adult learning,
lifelong learning.
$ddress% M. Dau&8os g. 9:-/, T-//03, *aunas. )-ail%
vird;ute1gail.co , "hone% 2345 :5 06//.
THE NEEDS OF TEACHERS ICT COMPETENCIES IMPROVEMENT
GENUT GEDVILIEN, VIRGINIJA BORTKEVIIEN
University of Vytautas Magnus, Lithuania
AbstratInformation and communication technology (ICT) industry
has become one of the largest and fastest
growing economic sectors influencing our life, wor and learning
methods! The incor"oration of ICT into all
economic activities is indis"ensable to those #tates, which wish
to im"rove the effectiveness of teaching and
learning "rocesses! Modern educational curriculum is related to
the latest ICT! It is commonly agreed, that ICT
have "ositive im"act on education and that the im"act relies on
the abilities of the teacher to wor effectively!
$or this reason, it is necessary for teachers to develo" the
com"etence for use and a""lication of information
and communication technologies (Teacher%s ICT Com"etence)! The
article aims to study ICT com"etence of the
teacher and its develo"ment!The "roblem is that the ra"idly
changes in teaching and learning environment and teaching
re&uirements, therefore the re&uirements for the
&ualification of teachers are changing as well! The content
of
education is directly lined to the most recent information
technologies, which creates a new teachers ' training
needs! lso it leads to a lac of information about these needs
and rising u" a need for the teachers to ac&uire
the usage com"etence of information and communication!
The aim of the research to determine teacher*s ICT com"etence
and the areas of ICT com"etencies
necessary for the teachers and its develo"ment needs!
The following methods were a""lied in the research+ literature
review, a written survey, using
standardied &uestionnaire, analysis of statistical data!
#tatistical analysis was carried out by using Microsoft
-.cel and #/## "rograms!
The results from the research data analysis are as follows+ ICT
com"etence in the investigation has
shown, that it is necessary to im"rove and develo" the trainings
of teachers woring with information
technology, the use of their curricular com"etences+ the
ca"acity of the com"uter to "re"are the "rocess ofte.tual and
"ictorial learning material, com"uter "rogramming, "re"aration of
tests, the develo"ment of the
com"uteried testing "rograms, res"ondents even indicated the
need to im"rove the use of ey Internet services!
research of teachers' ICT com"etences "resents seven areas of
teachers ICT com"etencies+ basic ICT
com"etences0 technological ICT com"etencies0 ICT "olicy
com"etencies0 com"etencies in the ethical area of
ICT use0 com"etencies of ICT integration into the teaching
sub1ect0 com"etencies of didactical methods based
on the use of ICT0 com"etencies of managing teaching2learning
"rocess!
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