The following self-study activity
will provide you with an opportunity to develop an understanding of the relationship between classroom practices and the way in which they contribute to the implementation of national polices. You will spend time reading through and familiarising yourself with the National ICT Policy/Strategy Document relevant to your particular country. If your country does not have a National ICT Policy/Strategy Document, you may make use of one from another country. (Don't have? Use one of these copies from Namibia or New Zealand.)

It is important to understand the relationship between classroom practices and the way in which they serve to contribute to the implementation of national polices. This is often overlooked, as the passage below suggests

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'There are often huge gaps between policies and the changes in classroom practice that they are intended to affect (Cohen & Hill, 2001). Policies are articulated, but teachers are often not aware of the specifics of these policies or their goals. In turn, policies are implemented as programs, but often these programs are not effective in achieving change at the classroom level.