Collegial Mentoring for Effective Whole School Professional Development in the Use of IWB Technologies

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Anthony; Vincent, John
Titel	Collegial Mentoring for Effective Whole School Professional Development in the Use of IWB Technologies
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26 (2010) 4, S.477-493 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mentors; Peer Relationship; Elementary School Teachers; Collegiality; Protocol Materials; Secondary School Teachers; Educational Technology; Visual Aids; Computer Assisted Instruction; Technology Integration; Classroom Communication; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Rural Schools; Interviews; Educational Policy; Professional Development; Inservice Teacher Education; Video Technology; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Peer-Beziehungen; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kollegialität; Unterrichtsprotokoll; Unterrichtsmedien; Anschauungsmaterial; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Klassengespräch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrerfortbildung; Australien
Abstract	The focus of this chapter is the provision of teacher professional development as needed--just in time. The specific context is the application of peer mentoring in teaching and learning with interactive whiteboards. Data were gathered from two research projects that investigated aspects of teachers mentoring colleagues in Australia. In both projects lessons were video recorded and the teachers interviewed about their perceptions of ICT use in the lessons. In one project two teachers were appointed as half-time mentors to assist colleagues in classroom use of IWBs. This appeared to result in improved levels of success for all the stakeholders. The aim in the other project was to explore how to prepare primary classroom teachers to become mentors within their school. One recommendation arising from the research is that education systems should fund ICT mentor positions to help overcome immediate teacher needs as quickly as possible. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10