STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING BASED ON THE USE OF DIGITAL RESOURCES: PRACTICAL CASES

Abstract

In the field of the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies in schools there is a tendency to show the positive aspects of carrying out innovative school policies in Centres of education, promoting the recognition of existing school practises, and the knowledge of teaching staff. This involves groups of teachers who have voluntarily improved their own teaching practise by careful planning, the materials employed and the presentation of the stages involved in a particular school project. In the following paper we will discuss the proposal of ‘good teaching practise’ transforming it into realistic consideration, namely ‘ practical cases’. We will consider that when presenting teaching aids for the promotion and diffusion of innovations, one continues to make use of tried and tested approaches in teaching, which pay attention to the cultural characteristics of the professional groups in question. The potential of Practical Cases for promoting change in professional development depends on their credibility among peers, and of the interest awoken by studying the proposal of public disclosure of projects, which reflect similar situations to those recognised as already valid teaching experience. KEYWORDS: Professional Teaching Development, Innovation educative, ICT in education, Practical Cases, Case Studies.