Teacher Social Capital and Student Achievement: Impact of a Cyber-Enabled Teacher Professional Development Program

Autor/in	Liu, Wei
Titel	Teacher Social Capital and Student Achievement: Impact of a Cyber-Enabled Teacher Professional Development Program
Quelle	(2012), (170 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Purdue University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2679-8277-3
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Teacher Education Programs; Program Implementation; Program Evaluation; Electronic Learning; Engineering Education; Social Capital; Academic Achievement; Social Networks; Network Analysis; Formative Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Ingenieurausbildung; Sozialkapital; Schulleistung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik
Abstract	This is an evaluative research study of a NSF-funded, DRK-12 cyber-enabled teacher professional development program in elementary engineering education. The finding shows the significant impact of the program on students' science and engineering knowledge in the second year of the program's implementation. However, student learning gain varies significantly across teachers, and teacher social capital is positively associated with student learning achievement. The study uses social network analysis to analyze teacher social capital and visually represent it by teacher attributes such as schools, grades, cohorts, subgroups, and specific level of interaction. In addition, each teacher's social capital is calculated. The information from this formative evaluative research study provides the empirical evidence needed to recognize problematic areas and make recommendations for the program's improvement. Lessons learned from this program will also help other researchers who may want to follow or build upon what has already been done for future cyber-enabled teacher professional development in engineering education. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01