CPD Scotland
Glossary
This glossary explains terms used in CPD - Continuing Professional Development. It is not intended to be exhaustive in educational terms, nor does it include an explanation of every word used in the case study extracts. Instead, it seeks to clarify meanings in order to remove potential barriers to understanding and help the reader to appreciate the messages intended more fully.
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| Icon | A small picture, usually located on your computer desktop, that represents a file or program. By double clicking that icon, the file or program will open up. |
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| Icons | The term icon comes from the Greek eikon, which means "image" or "likeness." In a religious context, it refers to some image or representation of important religious figures, but especially divine or semi-divine figures. Often, these images are venerated in some fashion. |
| ICS (Integrated Community Schools) | An integrated community school encourages closer and better joint working among education, health and social work agencies and professionals, greater pupil and parental involvement in schools, and improved support and service provision for vulnerable children and young people. |
| ICT | Information and communications technology. |
| ICTDRG (ICT Development Reference Group) | This is an LTS reference group. It maintains an overview of developments in the effective application of ICT in education and offers advice to the Advisory Council as appropriate. |
| ICTSMAD (ICT for School Management and Administration) | A project managed by Learning and Teaching Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government Education Department which aimed to improve the use of existing management information systems (MIS) in schools and investigate future potential of ICT for management and administration. |
| IiP (Investors in People) | A national quality standard which sets a level of good practice for improving an organisation's performance through its people. Investors in People was established in 1991 and is supported by a range of organisations including CBI Scotland, the Scottish Trade Union Congress and the CIPD. There are over 34,000 organisations recognised as Investors in People in the UK and Investors in People has been exported to over 24 countries worldwide. |
| Impact (of assessment) | Desirable consequences, based on planned outcomes. Assessment impacts on the curriculum and on pedagogy, on learning and pupils' motivation for learning, so it is vital that staff recognise this in order to minimise any adverse effects. |
| Inclusion | The act of including or the state of being included. |
| INSET | An acronym for In-service Education and Training. This term has now been superseded by continuing professional development (CPD). |
| Int 1 (Intermediate 1) | A National Qualification equivalent to Standard Grade at General level. |
| Int 2 (Intermediate 2) | A National Qualification equivalent to Standard Grade at Credit level. |
| Inter-faith | Of, relating to, or involving persons of different faiths or beliefs: an inter-faith marriage; an inter-faith forum. |
| Interactive whiteboards | An interactive whiteboard is a large interactive screen connected to a computer and projector. The screen is touch sensitive, which means that you can control it by using your finger or pen as a mouse. |
| Internal Communications Focus Group | The remit of the LT Scotland Internal Communications Focus Group is to: take part in and contribute to quarterly meetings with the Internal Communication Coordinator; work with the Internal Communication Coordinator to refine and enhance the Internal Communications Strategy; consult over proposals and policy for internal communications methods; feed back any concerns or successes from changes in internal communication policy, methods and procedures (informed through contact with other staff members through existing methods, e.g. departmental, project and team meetings) and contribute to the implementation of the Internal Communications Strategy by helping to promote its rationale and implementation amongst staff. |
| International studies in attainment | Scottish Ministers need to know how Scottish pupils perform, compared to pupils in other countries. Currently, Scotland participates in three international studies in attainment: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Trends in International Maths and Science Survey (TIMSS). Information from the national picture is used to inform decisions relating to national education policy. |
| Internet | A worldwide network of computer networks. From any connected computer with the right permission, you can get information from any other computer – and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers). |
| Intolerance | The quality or condition of being intolerant; lack of tolerance. |
| Intranet | A private network, often made up of many interlinked local area networks. Used to share information and computing resources among a community, an intranet is a good way of helping people work in groups. An intranet usually includes connections to the outside internet. |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider. A company that provides access to the internet. Some are free, where you just pay the price of a local phone call to dial the internet, others charge a fee but may offer special benefits, such as telephone support. |
| ITE | Initial teacher education, a training programme for aspiring teachers. |
| ITE (Initial Teacher Education) | This is the training to enable people to qualify to become teachers. In Scotland it is provided by seven universities through their faculties of education. |