6.+The+Professional+Axis

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 * ===Of all the axes provided in Davis' (2008) arena model, it was the professional axis that I found most difficult to find any information about.===

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 * ===One key area that involves this professional dimension is in the development of a framework for teacher training and professional development.===

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 * ===Unwin (2004) states quite emphatically that unless the effort is put into training teachers in the underlying pedagogy that informs the effective use of digital technologies in the classroom, no progress is likely to be made beyond the acquisition of isolated skills.===

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 * ===The Demonstration Project, being only a 12 month phase of the wider e-Schools Initiative, required the consortia to implement training programmes with the teachers at the schools which were participating in the project. As such, teacher training colleges were not involved in this initial phase.===

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 * ===One problem that Davis (2009) identifies (citing Goodlad, 1994) is the need for 'simultaneous renewal' of teacher training colleges and schools. Due to the long-term incremental scale of the project, the training colleges and the schools may become out of step with regards to e-learning skills and pedagogy and the adoption of the new technology.===


 * ===On the other hand, graduates trained in e-learning pedagogies could well become agents for change themselves in such schools.===