INCORPORATION OF SMART CLASSROOM PRACTICES IN INDIAN TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME: AVANT-GARDISM HA

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INCORPORATION OF SMART CLASSROOM PRACTICES IN INDIAN TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME: AVANT-GARDISM HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF ICT IN LEARNING AND PEDAGOGY Rajeev Kaushal Assistant Professor, Dept. of Education, Gagan College of Management & Technology, Aligarh

Abstract There are three age-old buzz words in the field of teacher education viz. Teacher, Student and Education and have at least two alphabets in common i.e. ‘E’ and ‘T’. In the 21st century of technology driven world these two in the joined form (ET) would best stand as abbreviation for the term ‘Educational Technology’ which is highly related to another term ‘Information & Communication Technology’ (ICT). The Govt. has started a project entitled

NME-ICT to

leverage the potential of ICT, in teaching and learning process for the benefit of all learners in Higher Education Institutions in any time anywhere mode. In this era of ICT the concept of SMART classes has emerged as a boon for both teacher and learners. This paper highlights the significance and potential of smart classroom practices in teacher education programmes besides giving valuable suggestions pertaining to the use of same in pedagogy and learning. Keywords : Educational Technology, ICT, NME-ICT, Smart classes. Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com

Introduction: Teacher education is a programme that is related to the development of teacher proficiency and competence which would enable and empower the prospective preceptors to meet the requirements of the profession, with the changing times and thereby face the emerging challenges. The prospective preceptors would be able to live up to the expectations of the nation only when they pursue a sound, flexible, pragmatic and comprehensive teacher education MAY-JUNE, 2015, VOL. 3/18

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