Reviewed project
documentation
This case
is based on the analysis of the documentation accessible at the
EMILE project web site (final report divided in 7 autonomous documents)
–see http://www.emile.eu.org.
Context
of the project
The main goal of the project EMILE was the
identification of the identities and the
related differences between solutions applied to integrate ICT
in primary and secondary Education in European countries.
The programme and call of
this project is Socrates Compendium 2000 Minerva – Transnational
Projects in The Field of Open And Distance Learning (ODL) and
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education.
Envisaged outcomes
The
envisaged outcomes of the EMILE project were:
·
a
group of case studies related to the use of ICT in primary and
secondary schools in different European countries;
·
an intercultural analysis dealing with
the role of cultural identities on the use ICT in national educational
systems;
·
a set of recommendations for the implementation
of equipment plans, teachers training and network animation in
national and European contexts which take into account the cultural
identities and differences that would be identified by the project.
Those who will benefit from
such results would be mainly:
·
Local,
regional and national authorities who wish to develop the use
of ICT in primary and secondary schools,
·
European
political authorities (Commission, Parliament) bound to coordinate
grass roots initiatives in various regions of the European Union,
·
Teachers interested in knowing practices of their colleagues
in their own country and in other European countries.
Socio-economic
aspects. Economic and social Impact of the project
According
to the EMILE project, the global evolution of European society
invites and forces the different national educational systems
to adopt renewed educational methods and to change their pedagogical
practices. But this evolution must be implemented according with
the constraints of cultural traditions. From this point of view,
the challenge for schools management modernisation is, as for
any other organisation: how to be both modern and traditional,
how to change while tradition is preserved. Each country, depending
on his own cultural background, has to find his own way for integrating
ICT in schools.
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