ADDRESSING CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) IN TEACHER EDUCATION: A CASE FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS

The education sector all over the world is under increasing pressure to use the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) for teaching and learning This is an innovation and no innovation and change in history come without challenges, so ICTs in education is no exception. Cognizant of this obvious fact, the paper presents and analyzes the current definition of educational technology by the Association of Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) which highlights current trends in education focusing on ICTs with implications for teacher education. The paper also presents key principles for effective ICTs integration in teacher education and a review of challenges and enablers of ICTs in education. Both challenges and enablers based on the reviews were rated and offers on implementation options for schools and teachers in the quest to making ICTs integration a huge success through continuing professional development for teachers.