A Professional Learning Model Supporting Teachers to Integrate Digital Technologies

Autor/inn/en	Sheffield, Rachel; Blackley, Susan; Moro, Paul
Titel	A Professional Learning Model Supporting Teachers to Integrate Digital Technologies
Quelle	In: Issues in Educational Research, 28 (2018) 2, S.487-510 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1837-6290
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Technology Integration; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Collaboration; Faculty Development; Communities of Practice; Foreign Countries; Teacher Surveys; Pretests Posttests; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerkooperation; Community; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Australien
Abstract	Contemporary teachers have an obligation to support and scaffold students' learning in digital technologies and to do this in authentic contexts. In order for teachers to be successful in this, their own competency in digital technologies needs to be high, and their own 21st century learning skills of communication, collaboration, creativity and problem solving need to be well honed. Teachers are challenged to understand not only the associated digital pedagogical practices and content knowledge, but also to be familiar with how the technology components can be best used to support learning (Ertmer & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, 2013). This paper reports on a 2016 pilot project that incorporated the key components of highly effective teacher professional learning to leverage transformational change: on-site, over-time, through a community of practice and building the confidence and competence of teachers to implement the digital technologies curriculum (Jimoyiannis, 2010; Rodrigues, 2005; Wenger, White & Smith, 2009). This project supported 28 primary and secondary school teachers from regional Western Australia to collaborate through a distributed digital learning network or a guided Professional Learning Network that was called a "cluster" to develop and reflect upon their digital capabilities. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. 5/202 Coode Street, Como, Western Australia 6152, Australia. e-mail: editor@iier.org.au; Web site: http://www.waier.org.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01