Lifting the Veil on TeachersPayTeachers.com: An Investigation of Educational Marketplace Offerings and Downloads

Autor/inn/en	Shelton, Catharyn C.; Koehler, Matthew J.; Greenhalgh, Spencer P.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.
Titel	Lifting the Veil on TeachersPayTeachers.com: An Investigation of Educational Marketplace Offerings and Downloads
Quelle	In: Learning, Media and Technology, 47 (2022) 2, S. 268-287Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shelton, Catharyn C.) ORCID (Koehler, Matthew J.) ORCID (Greenhalgh, Spencer P.) ORCID (Carpenter, Jeffrey P.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-9884
DOI	10.1080/17439884.2021.1961148
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Web Sites; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Instructional Materials; Electronic Publishing; Curriculum; Educational Technology; Neoliberalism; Teacher Role; Marketing; Ownership; Governance; Use Studies; Educational Resources; Users (Information) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Web-Design; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Elektronisches Publizieren; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Lehrerrolle; Eigentum; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Benutzerschulung; Bildungsmittel; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer
Abstract	TeachersPayTeachers.com (TpT) has emerged as an alternative to traditional curricular publishing houses; however, the critical investigation into this for-profit platform is limited. The aggregate content offered and downloaded from the platform through 2019 was Web-scraped, enabling us to construct a content model of TpT and provide descriptive results regarding the interactions between content, technology, and users/usage on TpT. We find TpT's content model implicitly redefines what constitutes an education, elevating holiday activities and classroom decor to the same level as established curriculum. In terms of content, learning standards were largely absent and user ratings were uniformly high, casting doubt upon the validity of these technological features. 87.9% of resources were under $5, however, many small sales add up across users, indicating the platform extracts significant value from educators and schools. We discuss how the online educational marketplace phenomenon stands to impact the future of curriculum production and the teaching profession. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01