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IDENTIFICATION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING ICT IN SRI LANKAN SECONDARY
EDUCATION SYSTEM

with examples of educational applications in whether students have adopted a more
the specialty discipline of participants– in constructivist approach to learning over
other words, the final goal of the training previous practices. In addition to learning
should essentially target the transfer of ability, it was suggested that students’
learning attainments into everyday teaching attitude in learning, as well as the learning
practice, facilitating it as much as possible. process, were also important. Hence the
In reality, especially if the time allocated is changes in learning scale focused in
scarce, the pedagogy is left aside, sometimes measuring the process of learning, in which
assuming that participants would figure out the learning ability and attitude were both
an even better way to manage with specific
challenges encountered in their classrooms. considered. In this way, perceived changes
When building up this block, the research in student learning has captured the domains
focused on four domains indicating changes of;
in pedagogy; 1) Learning ability,

1) Pool of high-quality learning materials 2) Learning attitude.
2) Classroom practices, online Quizzes & Building blocks were designed
assignments, distance learning according to the research findings suggested
3) Updating and refreshing new that successful ICT integration depends
technologies upon the development of a shared vision. It
4) Capability to training colleagues and should be stressed, however, that in the
build up professionals present study only teachers and principals’
Learning Practices; the learning perceptions regarding the content of the ICT
construct measured the perception on school plan was taken into consideration
But, the perception of students who have come-up with correct attitudes. The results
significant impact and going to be point at a lack of communication between
beneficiaries of the plan was not taken into principals and teachers. So that research
consideration. As a consequence of poor suggested that a dialogue should be
shared vision of principals as the person established between principals, teachers, and
who had the first impression at the other stakeholders.
awareness session, few schools still do not

Figure 1: The interaction among the construct of ICT implementation in school

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