Pre-service teacher training (PTT), programs are required to emphasise the importance of enhancing the theory practice nexus and on constantly developing a sense of teacher identity and teaching competencies (Liu & Low, 2015) for the 21st Century learners. The 21st Century Curriculum Research Project (21CP) sought to explore how pre-service teachers could be adequately equipped with 21st Century skills for ICT integration. This paper reports on the development and implementation of a technology integration curriculum conducted with pre-service teachers at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa. The findings of the study have highlighted that a curriculum grounded in a sound theoretical base can yield desired outcomes in f2f/online context. It argues that the theory-practice nexus could be bridged through experiential learning from carefully designed activities. Furthermore, it suggests that cognitive access is crucial in the design and presentation of any curriculum.
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Sadeck, O., Moyo, M., Tunjera, N., & Chigona, A. (2021). Pre-service teacher training for realities of 21st century classrooms. In 8th International Conference on Educational Technologies 2021, ICEduTech 2021 and 17th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2021, ML 2021 (pp. 74–82). IADIS Press. https://doi.org/10.33965/ml_icedutech2021_202102l010
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