Carolyn Dowling Australian Catholic University Kwok-Wing Lai University
of Otago This book is one of the outcomes of a Working Conference on the
topic of 'ICT and the Teacher of the Future', which took place in
Melbourne, Australia, in January 2003. The conference was held under the
auspices of the International Federation for Information Processing
(lFIP). Technical Committee 3 (TC3) of IFIP, through the activities of
its seven Working Groups, focuses on different aspects of the impact of
Information and Communication Technologies on Education. The conference
that was the impetus for this publication was organised jointly by
Working Group 3.1 (Secondary Education) and Working Group 3.3
(Research). In addition to the text of the papers delivered by the three
keynote speakers, the book comprises a selection of the papers presented
by delegates at the conference, along with reports of the discussions of
Focus Groups working in each topic area. All of the papers presented at
the conference were reviewed by members of the International Programme
Committee and the National Organising Committee. Those selected for
publication as chapters in this book have subsequently undergone an
additional process of collaborative editing before qualifying for
inclusion. It is our belief that these papers collectively present a
very comprehensive overview of the concerns and developments in the use
of Information and Communication Technologies that are currently of
relevance to educators and educational policy makers across the globe.