Developing a Model for Effective Cascaded School Teacher Training on ICT Integration in Tanzania

Abstract

Training school teachers has been one of the key developments that lead to improved teaching practices leading to overall student learning gains. In many cases, teacher training programme in different topics (Assessment, Lesson Planning, ICT integration, Curriculum planning, etc.) involves inviting teachers at a training centre, training them on selected modules for a specified number of days and letting them go back to their schools, with a hope that they will be able to share the experiences and learning with others. Even though no impact evaluation is conducted, teachers do not share what they learned with other teachers. The Align Attain Integrate Teach Train (A2IT2) model is developed to improve the effectiveness of such cascaded training programmes on technology integration in teaching and learning. Its different phases give the competences needed by the teacher to effectively train other teachers at school level on technology integration. Based on refinements of the methodology used, the model will help planners of teacher workshops to plan efficient and sustainable programmes.