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ENHANCING DIGITAL PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH THE PRIMETECH PROJECT
1 Gr.T.Popa Medical University Iasi/ Fundatia EuroEd (ROMANIA)
2 Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg (GERMANY)
3 Universitatea Al. I. Cuza Iasi (ROMANIA)
4 Trinity College Dublin (IRELAND)
5 Gr.T.Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi (ROMANIA)
6 EuroEd Primary School, Iasi (ROMANIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2018 Proceedings
Publication year: 2018
Pages: 4945-4949
ISBN: 978-84-697-9480-7
ISSN: 2340-1079
doi: 10.21125/inted.2018.0967
Conference name: 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 5-7 March, 2018
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
The article is based on the PRIMETECH project (2016-1-DE03-KA201-023041), funded by European Commission under the Erasmus + programme. The project addresses primary school teachers’ needs related to the demands for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) skills and competences imposed by the unprecedented development of the digital revolution. It summaries the project’s research analysis of the current situation highlighting the Romanian national strategies, policies and programmes, which aim to increase the use of advanced technology at all levels of education, the existing experiences with ICT as a school subject in primary schools as well as teachers’ training on improving their digital competences. In addition, the problems, obstacles and achievements encountered in the implementation of ICT in primary education are discussed. The article also focuses on the project’s objectives, target groups and main output (the online course), which has been designed to meet the primary school teachers’ ICT needs as revealed by the research.
Keywords:
Primary school teachers, ICT skills and competences, online training course.