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This compendium of papers documents educational ICT policies and practices in 37 countries, making it a valuable resource for understanding and comparing ICT-related national policy developments in education. We believe that this work offers a unique in-depth examination of the trends within major education systems and how they have adapted to and taken advantage of the challenges and opportunities posed by the new information and communication technologies. A special feature of this edition is that it allows for interesting comparative analyses of sub-groups of countries, as many Asian, European Union, and former eastern-European countries, as well as the United States and Canada (among others), are included in the book. But it allows also for other than regional comparisons given that a number of newly industrialized countries (such as Brazil, Chile, Malaysia, and South Africa) are represented in this book, together with many OECD countries.
This book is the result of the effort and hard work of the contributing authors, many of whom are the NRCs for IEA SITES in their respective countries. Special thanks must go to the Norwegian Royal Ministry of Education and Research and the Netherlands Kennisnet ICT OP School Foundation, both of which provided generous support for the preparation and dissemination of the book, to the Center for Information Technology in Education (CITE) of the University of Hong Kong, which assisted in the technical preparation of the manuscript, and to the IEA Secretariat, which facilitated the copyediting of the chapters. We want to acknowledge especially the professional contribution of Paula Wagemaker, who has copyedited the entire volume. This copyediting work is especially critical and challenging, as many of the chapters were written by authors for whom English is a foreign language. We also want to express our appreciation to David Robitaille, chair of the IEA Publications and Editorial Committee, and his committee for the critical and constructive review of the manuscript.
Foreword; Seamus Hegarty.
Preface; Tjeerd Plomp, Ronald E. Anderson, Nancy Law, and Andreas Quale.
Part I. Summary Chapters.
Chapter 1. Introduction; Ronald E. Anderson and Tjeerd Plomp.
Chapter 2. Curriculum and Staff Development for ICT in Education; Nancy Law.
Chapter 3. Trends in Instructional ICT Infrastructure; Geir Ottestad and Andreas Quale.
Part II. Country Chapters.
Chapter 4. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Australia; John Ainley.
Chapter 5. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Belgium; Brigitte Denis, Martin Valcke, and Johan van Braak.
Chapter 6. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Brazil; Fredric M. Litto.
Chapter 7. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Canada; Tom Rich.
Chapter 8. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Catalonia (Spain); Ferran Ruiz Tarragó.
Chapter 9. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Chile; J. Enrique Hinostroza, Pedro Hepp, and Cristián Cox.
Chapter 10. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: China Hong Kong; Nancy Law.
Chapter 11. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: People's Republic of China; Hu Jun and Nancy Law.
Chapter 12. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Chinese Taipei; Janet Mei-Chuen Lin, Cheng-Chih Wu, and Guey-Fa Chiou.
Chapter 13. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Cyprus; Constantinos Papanastasiou and Lefkios Doratis.
Chapter 14. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Denmark; Anne Larson.
Chapter 15. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: England; Margaret J. Cox.
Chapter 16. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Estonia; Anu Toots, Mari Plakk, and Tînu Idnurm.
Chapter 17. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Finland; Marja Kankaanranta.
Chapter 18. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: France; Catherine Régnier.
Chapter 19. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Germany; Renate Schulz-Zander and Birgit Eickelmann.
Chapter 20. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Hungary; Andrea Kárpáti and Ádám Horváth.
Chapter 21. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: India; Utpal Mallik.
Chapter 22. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Ireland; Paul F. Conway and Eileen Brennan Freeman.
Chapter 23. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Israel; Rafi Nachmias, David Mioduser, Alona Forkosh-Baruch, and Dorit Tubin.
Chapter 24. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Italy; Roberto Melchiori and Renata Picco.
Chapter 25. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Japan; Masaru Sakayauchi, Hideki Maruyama, and Ryo Watanabe.
Chapter 26. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Republic of Korea; Eun-Soon Oh.
Chapter 27. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Lithuania; Lina Markauskaite.
Chapter 28. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Malaysia; Sulaiman Hashim and Hajar Mohd Nor.
Chapter 29. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: The Netherlands; Alfons ten Brummelhuis, Keimpe de Heer, and Tjeerd Plomp.
Chapter 30. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: New Zealand; Murray Brown and Megan Chamberlain.
Chapter 31. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Norway; Ola Erstad and Andreas Quale.
Chapter 32. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Philippines; Ester B. Ogena and Filma G. Brawner.
Chapter 33. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Russian Federation; Alexei L. Semenov.
Chapter 34. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Singapore; Thiam Seng Koh, Sai Choo Lee, and Seau Fah Foo.
Chapter 35. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: The Slovak Republic; Viera Blahova.
Chapter 36. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Slovenia; Barbara Neža Breko.
Chapter 37. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: South Africa; Seugnet Blignaut and Sarah Howie.
Chapter 38. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Sweden; Peter Karlberg.
Chapter 39. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: Thailand; Pornpun Waitayangkoon.
Chapter 40. National Policies and Practices on ICT in Education: United States of America; Ronald E. Anderson and Sara Dexter.
About the Editors and Authors.