Lessons from the future: ICT scenarios and the education of teachers

Williams, Peter

Abstract

This paper reviews significant events of the last 25 years in schools and teacher education in England and looks ahead to the next 25 years. Various scenarios for the future are examined and the potential is considered for new forms of teachers' initial education and continuing professional development using information and communications technology. It is concluded that the current centrally-controlled national system is increasingly inappropriate to present needs and will fracture under the combination of pressures of a commodified education market, learners' consumerist expectations of personalised provision, and networks of informal learning enabled by widespread access to portable communications technology. Four lessons from this future prediction are drawn, with recommendations for radical changes in government policy and orientation. © 2005 Taylor & Francis.

Citation

Williams, P. (2005). Lessons from the future: ICT scenarios and the education of teachers. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 31(4), 319-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607470500280209

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Online Publication Date: Aug 15, 2006
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Nov 2, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Journal of education for teaching
• Print ISSN: 0260-7476
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-0540
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 319-339
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02607470500280209
• Keywords: Teacher education
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/444825
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02607470500280209
• Additional Information: This is the author's accepted manuscript of an article published in Journal of education for teaching, 2005, v.31 issue 4.