Understanding the Concerns of Teachers about Leveraging Mobile Technology to Facilitate Outdoor Social Inquiry Learning: The EduVenture Experience

Autor/inn/en	Jong, Morris Siu-yung; Tsai, Chin-Chung
Titel	Understanding the Concerns of Teachers about Leveraging Mobile Technology to Facilitate Outdoor Social Inquiry Learning: The EduVenture Experience
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 24 (2016) 2, S.328-344 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
DOI	10.1080/10494820.2015.1113710
Schlagwörter	Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Outdoor Education; Adventure Education; Educational Technology; Teaching Methods; Integrated Learning Systems; Inquiry; Foreign Countries; Social Studies; Teacher Attitudes; Technology Integration; Faculty Development; Observation; Questionnaires; Inservice Teacher Education; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Telekommunikationstechnik; Freiluftunterricht; Adventure pedagogics; Abenteuerpädagogik; Erlebnispädagogik; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Gemeinschaftskunde; Lehrerverhalten; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Lehrerfortbildung; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung; Hongkong
Abstract	Our work is within the context of the ubiquitous discussion about adopting mobile devices to offer school-age students new learner-centric learning opportunities. Leveraging location-based context-aware mobile technology, based on the theoretical foundation of constructivist learning, we have developed "EduVenture," an integrated mobile learning system by which teachers can facilitate students pursuing outdoor social inquiry learning in social and humanities education (namely, "Liberal Studies" in Hong Kong). This paper reports on our study in which we investigated 302 in-service Liberal Studies teachers' concerns about adopting EduVenture in practice with the "Stages of Concern" model, in terms of five categorical concerns--"Evaluation," "Information," "Management," "Consequence," and "Refocusing." Results reveal that their Management concern was the most intense. The findings not only offer us critical insights into formulating more articulated interventions for better supporting teachers' adoption of EduVenture in schools, but they also provide a useful reference for researchers and practitioners who are pursuing work on integrating mobile learning into school education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01