| Starting to develop in the second half of the 20th century, information technology has led to an informationlization tendency in various aspects of society, including the field of rural education. Ever since that, informationlization has been exerting huge and profound influence to almost every aspect of rural education.In China, attempts from various points of view have been made to interpret IT in education. The writer of this thesis holds the view that IT in rural education is a process in which information is regarded as the basic component of the rural education system and utilized widely in different aspects and fields of rural education, so as to promote the progress of rural education modernization.IT in rural education plays a crucial part in facilitating the development of rural education. The effects could be easily seen from aspects such as being suitable to the characteristics of rural education, enriching rural education resources, changing cultural tradition in rural areas, establishing rural teaching staff, improving rural teaching methods and adjusting rural education system.In recent years, governments at different levels have paid great attention to IT in rural education. The central government and local governments have issued policies and taken initiatives concerning the development of IT in rural education. Despite the efforts, the development of IT in rural education is far from satisfactory and, moreover, not very well balanced in different areas. Problems such as lack of education investment and teaching staff have greatly hindered the development of IT in rural education.To solve the problems, it is essential for IT in rural education to find out away suitable to the characteristics of rural education and then follow it firmly.Facing the challenge of IT in rural education, and refreshing the understanding of rural education. To push forward IT in rural education, we should be equipped with the thoughts of life education, education democracy and education reformation, which will help to undertake the commission assigned to us and drive continuously the healthy development of IT in rural education.Conforming to IT in rural education, and establishing the rural teaching staff. The effects of any technology will only be determined by the people who apply it. The utilization of information technology will not naturally create miracles, but it may facilitate education reformation and reinforce traditional education as well. To conform to the tendency of IT in rural education, we should observe the current situation of rural teaching staff and IT in rural education, and further train the teachers ?usually a major source to improve the quality of rural teachers, including their ability to utilize information technology.Fulfilling the need of IT in rural education and guaranteeing rural education investment. The development of IT in rural education in our country makes it clear that creating a stable investment mechanism is fundamental and essential to the investment on IT in rural education. To reach the target, governments should increase the investment on IT in rural education and meanwhile broaden means of investment. According to the situation in rural areas, paid services can be carried out so as to make various the channels of investment. It should be particularly pointed out that management and supervision should be strengthened so that we can make good use of the fund while opening up more channels of investment. In a word, IT in rural education in China should be the one with Chinese characteristics.Conforming to IT in rural education and changing the learning styles of people in rural areas. IT in rural education not only satisfies various learningdemands of people, but also triggers in them the drive to study further later. It is important to wake up the potential in the learners and make them feel free to study and eventually facilitate the development of the learners' traits. That cannot be done until we have people in rural areas change their learning styles and... |
