Conceptions of Effective Teaching and Perceived Use of Computer Technologies in Active Learning Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Gebre, Engida; Saroyan, Alenoush; Aulls, Mark W.
Titel	Conceptions of Effective Teaching and Perceived Use of Computer Technologies in Active Learning Classrooms
Quelle	In: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 27 (2015) 2, S.204-220 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1812-9129
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Instructional Effectiveness; Teacher Effectiveness; Computer Uses in Education; Active Learning; Research Universities; Foreign Countries; Teacher Expectations of Students; Educational Strategies; Comparative Analysis; Case Studies; Teaching Methods; Student Centered Learning; Semi Structured Interviews; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Unterrichtserfolg; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Computernutzung; Aktives Lernen; Forschungseinrichtung; Ausland; Lehrstrategie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Kanada
Abstract	This paper examined professors' conceptions of effective teaching in the context of a course they were teaching in active learning classrooms and how the conceptions related to the perceived role and use of computers in their teaching. We interviewed 13 professors who were teaching in active learning classrooms in winter 2011 in a large research university in Canada. The interviews captured what professors consider effective teaching, expected learning outcomes for students, instructional strategies and the role participants saw for computers in their teaching. Analysis of interview transcripts using a holistic inductive and constant comparison approach resulted in three conceptions of effective teaching: transmitting knowledge, engaging students, and developing learning independence. Professors' perception about the role and use of computers was found to be in line with their conceptions of effective teaching. Professors whose conception of effective teaching focused on developing learning independence used computers as tools for students' learning; those with a transmitting knowledge conception considered computers as a means of accessing or presenting information. Data collected from students about their use and their professors' use of computers in the course supports this conclusion. Results have implications for design of active learning environments and faculty development initiatives. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Web site: http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01