Table of contents

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Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 ICT in Education .............................................................................................................. 3
1.3 ICT and Teacher education .............................................................................................. 6
1.4 TPACK FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................. 9
1.5 TPACK framework for pre-service teachers ................................................................. 17
1.6 Elementary Pre-Service Teacher education in India ...................................................... 17
1.7 Need for the study .......................................................................................................... 21
1.8 Context of the study ....................................................................................................... 24
1.9 Title of the study ............................................................................................................ 25
1.10 Research question ........................................................................................................ 25
1.11 Objectives of the study................................................................................................. 25
1.12 Defining Key terms ...................................................................................................... 25
1.13 Delimitation ................................................................................................................. 26
Review of Literature .............................................................................................................. 27
2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 27
2.2 Scheme of Review ......................................................................................................... 28
2.3 Schemes and Policies about ICT .................................................................................... 29
2.4 TPACK .......................................................................................................................... 35
2.5 Curriculum and ICT integration..................................................................................... 42
2.6 ICT Infrastructure and Resources .................................................................................. 48
2.7 Perception of teacher educators and ICT integration ..................................................... 52
2.8 Competency of teacher educators and ICT integration .................................................. 58
2.9 pre-service teachers and ICT integration ....................................................................... 63
Research Design ..................................................................................................................... 76
3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 76
3.2 Exploratory research design of the study ....................................................................... 77
3.3 Title of the study ............................................................................................................ 78
3.4 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 79
3.5 Operational Definition ................................................................................................... 79
3.6 Research context ............................................................................................................ 80

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 3.7 Research population ....................................................................................................... 80
3.8 Sampling Method ........................................................................................................... 81
Figure 3.3 Sample representation ........................................................................................ 84
3.9 Sources of data collection .............................................................................................. 85
3.10 Tools for the data ......................................................................................................... 85
3.10.1 Matrix for curriculum analysis .............................................................................. 85
3.10.2 Tools for accessing ICT infrastructure and resources ........................................... 95
3.10.3 Tool to study the perception of teacher educators‟ TPACK ................................. 96
3.10.4 Tool to access ICT competency of teacher educators‟.......................................... 98
3.10.5 Tool to access barriers/facilitators faced by teacher educators‟ ............................ 98
3.11 Try out........................................................................................................................ 100
3.12 Reliability of the tools................................................................................................ 100
3.13 Validity of the tools ................................................................................................... 101
3.14 Procedure for data collection ..................................................................................... 102
3.15 Method of data analysis ............................................................................................. 103
3.16 Delimitation of the study ........................................................................................... 103
Analysis and Interpretation of the Data ............................................................................ 104
4.1 Scheme of Analysis...................................................................................................... 104
4.2 Analysis of objective 1................................................................................................. 105
4.3 Analysis of objective 2................................................................................................. 120
4.4 Analysis of objective 3................................................................................................. 137
4.5 Analysis of objective 4................................................................................................. 162
4.6 Analysis of objective 5................................................................................................. 176
Summary, conclusions, implications and Suggestions ...................................................... 189
5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 189
5.2 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 190
5.3 Research Question: ...................................................................................................... 191
5.4 Objectives: ................................................................................................................... 192
5.5 Major Findings ............................................................................................................. 192
5.5.1 Major findings related to objective 1 .................................................................... 192
5.5.2 Major findings related to objective 2 .................................................................... 195
5.5.3 Findings related to objective 3 .............................................................................. 197
5.5.4 Major finding related to objective 4 ...................................................................... 200
5.5.5 Major findings related to objective 5 .................................................................... 201

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 5.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 203
5.7 Implications of the Study ............................................................................................. 205
5.8 Delimitation of the Study ............................................................................................. 209
5.9 Suggestions for Further Researches ............................................................................. 209
Bibliography ......................................................................................................................... 211
Annexure 1 ........................................................................................................................... 234
Annexure 2 ........................................................................................................................... 237
Annexure 3 ........................................................................................................................... 240