ICT Integration Across Education Systems

Governments worldwide spend large proportions of §their budgets on integrating ICT across their §education systems, and the government of Jordan is §no exception. However, in the MENA region there are §warnings of a serious and widening gap between §current schooling outcomes and the skills required §for effective participation in globalised §workplaces. Therefore, the Jordanian education §system has implemented two major reform projects: §Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy (ERfKE), §and the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI). The two §initiatives aim to equip both the education system §and its students with skills and knowledge in order §to participate effectively in the information age. §This book sheds light on the role of several layers §of the Jordanian education system in planning and §implementing ICT initiatives and discusses issues §associated with each layer during the uptake of ICT. §The book provides an insight for policy makers and §educators who make decisions and implement ICT-based §educational reform projects.