ICT Integration programme contributes to the Kenya Education Sector Support Programme (KESSP 2005 - 2010). KESSP joins ministries, donors, NGOs and other partners for improved quality of education in Kenya. A Ministerial ICT integration team has been set up and is responsible for the coordination and harmonization of all ICT initiatives within KESSP.
The VVOB ICT integration programme partners with the Kenyan Ministry of Education in two subprogramme components: ICT Integration in education and capacity building. The subprogramme of ICT integration in education is cross cutting and works with all directorates and units within the Ministry of Education.
The education sector in Kenya is still in its infancy in the inclusion and use of ICT. To integrate ICT appropriately in order to increase the quality of education, technology and teaching methods and education should go hand in hand. VVOB pursues an integrated approach and we simultaneously work with several national institutions that have mandates to strengthen the capacity of education managers at different levels, as well as that of teachers.
1. ICT-INTEGRATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA:
FROM A COMMON UNDERSTANDING (2011)
TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION (2013)
Jo Tondeur (Ghent University)
Interactive Workshop in Nairobi / VVOB/ (May, 2013)
2. HOW DOES THE PD PROGRAMME SUPPORT THE
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS’ CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ICT
INTEGRATION IN THE CURRICULA?
3. “A few years ago, the emphasis in ICT in
education in Kenya has been on the
provision of computers to schools, …
after which it was left for individual schools
to figure out what to do with the
computers”
Kizito Makoba, ICT Integration Team member
4. Educational innovation:
a changing landscape
Adoption (> 1980)
Top-down
Adaptation (1980 -1990)
Implementation strategies
Teacher and school perspective
Integration of strategies (1990 …)
+ Student perspective
5. 7 ISSUES (STOLL, 2009)
• Varied contexts necessitate differentiated capacity building
• Capacity building needs to go beyond focusing on
supporting instructional improvement to emphasising
learning
• Capacity building needs to address both the present and the
future
• Ensuring sustainability depends on a capacity building ‘habit
of mind’
• Leading school improvement can’t be done by one person
alone: developing leadership capacity is essential
• A networked society requires lateral capacity building
• Improvement doesn’t only depend on individual schools:
systemic capacity building is required
7. „Here is the paradox:
You need ownership for fundamental
change, but you cannot get it on a large-
scale by relying on bottom-up strategies‟
(Fullan, 2003, p. 32)
9. DESKTOPS – 16
LAPTOPS – 3
PROJECTORS – 2
PRINTERS – 2
PHOTOCOPIER – 1
IPAD – 1
HARD DRIVES – 2
VIDEO CAM – 1
DIGITAL CAM – 1
SCANNER – 1
FLASH DISKS – 3
DVD PLAYER – 1
To illustrate:
KISERIAN
ACCESS TO ADEQUATE RESOURCES
10. TO ILLUSTRATE: ACTUAL ICT USE
@CHEBILAT SECONDARY SCHOOL
Preparing and presenting lessons by teachers
Students presenting projects
Production and analysis of exams
Timetabling
School management system-accounting etc
11. WHAT DO YOU SEE?
A crate of soda
(24 sodas)
EXAMPLE OF A LESSON @KISERIAN…
12. A LORRY CARRYING SODA
Supposing this lorry is
carrying 25.08 x 10 21
crates of soda.
How many bottles of
soda are in the lorry?
(Write in standard form.)
14. "Learning is not a spectator sport.
Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers,
memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers.
They must talk about what they are learning,
write reflectively about it, relate it to past
experiences, and apply it to their daily lives.
They must make what they learn part of themselves”
(Chickering & Gamson, 1987)
How active is your lecture?
15. TPACK DISCUSSION BASED ON EXISTING
PRACTICE > TEACHER DESIGN TEAMS
How to activate pupils (PK)?
“Perhaps the pupils can make a
similar presentation…”
How to deal with 15 PC’s for 60
pupils (Context)?
“Two groups of 30 pupils.
Group 1: contract work in PC lab,
peer tutoring, …
Group 2: Flipped classroom
17. IMPACT OF ICT @MAKUTANO
SECONDARY SCHOOL
Increased enrollment
Positive learning attitude.
Improved content delivery
MOTTO: STRIVE TO EXCEL
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20. • INSECURITY
• SCHOOL POPULATION VS ICT GADGETS
• NOT FULLY UTILISING ICT
• LOW ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
• UNDER STAFFING
• LOW COMPUTER LITERACY
• RETROGRESSIVE CULTURAL PRACTICES
• ACCESSIBILITY TO SCHOOL
Challenges @Kiserian
21. Do you also know this framework?
How is it related to your practice?
22. OK …….of……NIET OK?
What are 21st century skills?
Why are these skills important?
What (educational and social)
challenges do they present?
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24. LONG TERM IMPACT OF THE INTERVENTION?
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Tondeur, J., Cooper, M., & Newhouse, P. (2010). From ICT coordination to ICT
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(4), 494-506
26. “Vision without action is a daydream.
Action without vision is a nightmare.”
(Asian proverb)
27. STRENGTHS
@KISERIAN
• ICT USE IN TEACHING
• ICT POLICY IN LINE WITH
SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN
• ICT UTILIZATION
MACHINERY
• EXTRA SECURITY
MEASURES IN PLACE
• STRONG TEAM
• GOOD LEADERSHIP
• WILLING LEARNERS
28. FUTURE PLANS @Kiserian
Develop a school website
Expand the ict lab
Become an ict integration
model in the county
Embrace ict fully in the
school operations
Involve students fully in ict
integration
29. Future Plans @Chebilat
• All? lessons to be ICT supported.
• Parents and other donors to get involved in
financing ICT integration.
• Refresher trainings every term for 2-3 days.
• Acquire more digital content and software.
• Enabling students to work more effectively
and efficiently with ICT.
30. FUTURE PLANS @Munyu
• TO HAVE ONE PC FOR EVERY TWO STUDENTS
• TO INVOLVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH
TRAINING THEM ON BASIC ICT SKILLS
• TO REINFORCE SECURITY BY PUTTING UP A
PERIMETRE WALL
• TO EMPLOY AN ICT STOREKEEPER
• TO DEVELOP A SCHOOL WEBSITE
• TO INVITE AND SHARE WITH NEIGBHOURING
SCHOOLS