Traditional Educational Tools In Modern School Education System

Abstract

The intensity of the implementation of information and communication technologies (hereinafter – ICT) in the educational process in schools abroad falls on the last half a century. In schools of our country, technologies have been used for last 30–35 years. The emergence of modern teaching aids based on computer processing of information, their widespread distribution and application in the field of education from preschool to postgraduate, allow obtaining comparatively higher results than those provided by the traditional educational tools. Information technologies, the characteristics of which are being improved more and more, and the degree of their implementation has covered almost all areas of modern human activity, have changed the views on the idea and approaches to learning and education as a process. The questions are – when and how to apply ICT, how to analyze the results, what place and role is given to a teacher, if ICT are used? What is a modern textbook? What vocabulary should be used in different regions? The benefits of using ICTs are beyond doubt. At the same time, their use carries unforeseen risks and above all others is a child health. The paper provides some practical examples describing ICT implementation, the opinions of some well-known experts in this field, including recognized world authorities. The paper material can be considered as an object for discussion by specialists in the field of education that aims to develop a unified policy regulating the ICT use for education purposes.