Integration of information communications technologies (ICT) when doing practical work in pedagogy: situation and factors determining it

There is a lack of investigations into integration of ICT in doing pedagogical practical work. Investigations that deal with subjective factors of integration of ICT in educational practice are especially rare. This is motivation to work as teachers, the need for continuous education, different experience of integration of ICT, etc. The problem of investigation consists in revealing the situation of integration of ICT in doing pedagogical practical work, what subjective factors determine this educational phenomenon. The objective of the investigation is to study integration of ICT taking into consideration the subjective factors that determine this educational phenomenon. Methods of the investigation. The subject of the investigation is integration of ICT in educational practice. Methods of the investigation are the analysis of literature, surveys, and mathematical statistics. Students of Vilnius Pedagogical University who studied subjects of natural sciences and did pedagogical practical work in 2006 formed the object of the investigation. A total of 900 students who chose day studies of the first level (a bachelor's degree) and studies by correspondence were interviewedVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij