An Outlook of Teacher Educators on Integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Pre-Service Teaching Practice in Jammu Division

Technology occupies a significant place in several professions, then the question arises what status Information and Communication Technology (ICT) possesses in the Teaching Education? The objective of the present study is to know the views of Teacher Educators in relation to Integration of ICT in Teacher Education, especially in Pre -Service Teaching Practice. The present study is descriptive in nature and for achieving the formulated objectives; the investigators employed a self-constructed tool which laid emphasis on the opportunities, availability of resources, and interest of the teacher educators in integration of ICT in practice teaching. For selection of the sample of study, 50 percent (24) of Bachelor of Education Colleges were taken conveniently and collected necessary data from teacher educators through Google form. The study revealed that the majority (83%) the participants respondents revealed that ICT should be mandatory in teaching practice of pupil-teacher, and stressed the pupil-teachers need to be more skilled in the integration of ICT in teaching-learning.