1. Dr. Bálint Magyar Minister of Education
School of future
Dr. Bálint Magyar
Minister of Education

2. Accelerating time
5% of the existing professions change in every five years,
5% decrease in the professions not based on knowledge of infocommunication technology in every two years
Exsistential perspectives of professions not based on ICT knowledge move around the average minimal wage.
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3. Features of change in knowledge
Learnt professional skills become out of date within 10 years,
32 times increase of relevant information linked to the given profession in the Internet every year
The number of Internet connections doubles in every year,
Continuous increase in broadband.

4. Knowledge-based society
Changing Paradigm
Industrial society
Knowledge-based society
Facts, data, rules
Skills and Competences
Transfer of closed, final, textbook-knowledge in one occasion
Lifelong learning knowledge-networks
Fixed, homogeneous team- studying method
Flexible, heterogeneous team- studying method (individual-centred education)
Frontal pedagogy
„Constructivist” education

5. Metamorphosis of the role of teachers
The role of instructors in the XX. century: father, scholar, monopolist of knowledge.
The role of instructors in the XXI. century: colleague, manager in handling information, chief coordinator controlling the „jungle” of information.

6. Lifelong learning
Skills, competences backing continuous studying process should be the focus of education:
Intelligent learning
Digital literacy
Problem solving skills
Communication skills
Social and career building competencies

7. Role of ICT in education
For instructors it means:
Unlimited access to information,
Lower costs and time demand,
Ceasing of routin tasks, reduce in work load,
Comprehensiveness of professional development,
Opportunity for cooperation,
Utilization of opportunities provided by the National Core Curriculum in the field of alternative teaching materials
Continuous self-training.

8. Role of ICT in education
For students it means:
Interactive, individual-based education,
Better understanding by the wide range of presentation facilities (verbality → visuality),
Time sparing,
Individual sense of achievement,
Easier concentration on the subject,
Integrative but individual-based education offered to disadvantaged students and students with special educational needs.

9. Role of ICT in education
For the Administration:
Easy tracking of educational progress,
Effective feedback from labor market demand,
Easier analysis of economic processes,
Easier completion of statistical and quality measurement surveys,
Quality and performance control.

10. ICT means in education – Pillars of Schoolnet Express, pillar 1
„Public utility” Internet network Organized by the Ministry of Informatics and Communications,
Every public institution will be equipped with broadband Internet acess,
5500 institutions of public education (until 2005),
Satellite network in 600 separated/or neighbouring country institution (2004).

11. ICT means in education, pillar 2
Establishment of local networks
First part of 2004 – providing 300 wireless network to secondary schools through a call for proposal announced by the Ministry of Informatics and Communications.

12. ICT means in education, pillar 3: innovation
Mobile, digital presentation equipment („digital trolley”)

13. ICT means in education
Mobile, digital presentation tool („digital trolley”)
Contents:
1 laptop
1 projector
Amplifier, speaker, microphone
VHS, DVD
Keeping box
Digital suitcase: laptop + projector
Digital trolley and suitcase in all secondary schools
Responsible for this project: Ministry of Informatics and Communications.

14. ICT means in education
Increase in the number of computer laboratories:
Normative support for the development in informatics – starting from 2005,
Providing advantageous financial terms and conditions.

15. ICT means in education – pillar 4, teacher training
In-service teacher training and incentives for purchasing computing instruments:
Spring 2004: ICT training for teachers,
2004 – 2006: ICT training for teachers for competence based education combined with incentives for purchasing computing products,
Sulinet Expressz tax allowance.

16. ICT means in education – pillar 5: content development
Sulinet Digital Base of knowledge (September 2004)
Digitalized teaching materials for classes 7-12.
Examples, animation, demonstration films,
Supplementary data bases, background information,
Methodological assistance, lecture drafts,
Opportunity for individual editing and content forming
Forum, chat, collaborative opportunities.

17. ICT means in education
Sulinet Digital Base of knowledge (September 2004)
Instructor
Utilization of prepared, team or individually developed output in class,
Consultation, restructuring of the subject,
Cooperative work in class or project task.
Student
Individual learning,
Background for preparation (home essay, presentations etc.),
collaborative, cooperative learning,
Content development individually or in cooperation.

18. Thank you for the attention!