Implementing an Online Educational Technology Course in a Teacher Preparation Program

2010 ◽  
pp. 30-44
Author(s):  
Heejung An ◽  
Hilary Wilder
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Technology Integration ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teaching With Technology ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Face To Face

To positively foster teacher knowledge, skills and beliefs regarding technology integration, a teacher preparation program at a university in New Jersey, USA carried out the process of revising a face-to-face technology skill based course into a fully online one in which the focus changed to “teaching with technology.” This chapter provides a detailed account of how the course was revised, and describes the challenges the authors faced. The solutions that came to the fore during this process are also provided. The chapter concludes with recommendations for other teacher educators who might be offering online educational technology courses to candidates of a similar population.

Using Lesson Study to Prepare Preservice Special Educators

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly A. Roberts ◽  
Amber E. Benedict ◽  
So Yeon Kim ◽  
Jacob Tandy
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Lesson Study ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Core Knowledge ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

Learning to teach students with disabilities is challenging. Preservice special educators must develop critical knowledge of content as well as skill for enacting evidence-based practices effectively. Preservice special educators need increased opportunities to learn core knowledge coupled with a mechanism to support them in situating their newly acquired knowledge and skills in classroom practice. This column describes lesson study (LS), a practice-based approach that can be integrated within a teacher preparation program preparing preservice special educators to teach students with high-incidence disabilities. The column includes (a) a description of steps that teacher educators can take to integrate the LS process into their teacher preparation program, (b) reproducible items needed to facilitate LS, and (c) recommendations for evaluating the effect of LS on preservice special educators’ knowledge and skills.

Embedding Diverse Children's Literature Throughout a Teacher Preparation Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 501-524
Author(s):  
Amy Tondreau ◽  
Zachary T. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Book Club ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Administrative Team

This chapter explores the incorporation of diverse children's literature into a teacher preparation program, both in and beyond a required Literature for Children course. With the aim of cultivating positive reading identities for pre-service teachers, the authors focus on the process for implementing changes to build a culture of reading, so that pre-service teachers identify as life-long readers, and specifically readers who understand the importance of diverse texts. Changes to curriculum in writing, social studies, and special education methods courses are described, as is the creation of a college-wide book club. The goal of embedding children's literature in and across teacher preparation programs is for pre-service teachers to feel prepared to bring these texts into their own classrooms and to facilitate discussions on the topics that these texts raise with their students, administrative team, and parents. In order to do this, teacher educators need to provide ample opportunities for students to practice selecting, analyzing, and discussing diverse children's literature.

scholarly journals Exploring the Factor Structure of the Constructs of Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge (TPACK): An Exploratory Factor Analysis Based on the Perceptions of TESOL Pre-Service Teachers at a British Private University in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-115
Author(s):  
Raveenajit Kaur A. P. ◽  
Kalvant Singh ◽  
Alberto Luis August
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Private University ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mixed Methods Case Study ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Using the TPACK framework, this research study investigated how pre-service teachers perceive their development of the knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy necessary for technology integration; and explored the opportunities that pre-service teachers have to learn about technology integration. It employed a convergent parallel mixed methods case study design. It has a single-embedded case design. The unit of analysis for inquiry is the undergraduate teacher preparation program at a private British university in Malaysia. This study incorporates quantitative data collection in the form of a survey alongside qualitative data collection conducted through semi-structured interviews. The participants for the survey comprised of three purposefully selected convenience samples of pre-service teachers (Years One, Two, and Three) studying the undergraduate teacher preparation program. Following the administration of the survey, a maximum variation sample of pre-service teachers who participated in the survey was invited for semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that the EFA found support for TK and CK being distinctive knowledge constructs within the pre-service teachers’ knowledge perceptions. While PK, PCK, TPK, TCK, and TPACK were postulated to be distinct knowledge constructs in the TPACK framework, these were not reflected in the perceptions of the pre-service teacher participants of this study. Implications and recommendations are suggested.

scholarly journals Enhancing Educational Technology Confidence among Teacher Candidates: Benefits of and Lessons Learned from a 1:1 Device University-Elementary School Partnership

10.28945/4129 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 423-440
Author(s):  
Gregory M Francom ◽  
Andria L Moon
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Social Outcome ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
University Partnership

Aim/Purpose: This study describes and evaluates a teacher preparation program that combines a school-university partnership and a 1:1 device initiative. Background: This educational design research report combines a 1:1 technology device experience with a school-university partnership to enhance teacher preparation for educational technology use. Methodology: This is a mixed-methods educational design research study. Interview responses share benefits and lessons learned from the program experience. Survey responses give information about educational technology confidence among teacher candidates who took part in this program. Contribution: This study provides a description of a unique teacher preparation program designed to enhance educational technology confidence among teacher candidates and shares lessons learned from this experience in light of collected data. Findings: Teacher candidates’ social outcome expectations for using technology were increased. Qualitative data indicate that the program also benefitted elementary school teachers by enhancing educational technology confidence and providing extra help. Recommendations for Practitioners: University teacher candidates should be given more embedded technology-focused classroom experiences. Smaller university class sizes are necessary to support these types of experiences. Recommendation for Researchers: Future studies could more deeply investigate how school-university partnership programs with technology affect teacher candidates’ social outcome expectations and educational technology confidence. Impact on Society: Approaches to teacher preparation similar to the one presented in this study can enhance students’ social outcome expectations for using technology. Future Research: Future studies could investigate various educational technology initiatives’ effects on teacher candidates’ educational technology confidence and share teacher preparation program designs aimed at enhancing educational technology use.

scholarly journals Preservice Teachers’ Comfort Levels with Technology in an Online Standalone Educational Technology Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Graziano
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Comfort Levels ◽  
Technology Course

While some researchers and teacher educators recommend the integration of technology throughout a teacher preparation program, it may not be realistic for all teacher preparation programs to comply with this recommendation. A lack of training, a lack of interest from faculty, limited faculty or facilities, and/or a lack of vision from educational leaders may prevent some teacher preparation programs from successfully integrating technology throughout the curriculum. For various reasons, colleges and schools of education may rely on standalone educational technology courses. The purpose of this study was to examine technology comfort levels of preservice teachers who completed an online standalone educational technology course with pedagogy and content integrated into the course curriculum. Findings reveal there were no statistically significant mean differences between students’ comfort levels using technology for personal communication and to teach academic content. The findings have implications for teacher preparation programs and teacher educators.

scholarly journals Creating a Counter-Space through Listening to and Learning from a Korean Pre-service Teacher’s Experiences

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Jihea Kang
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Racial Minority ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Racial Stereotype ◽  
Author Report

The author uses a life-historical counter-storytelling approach to examine a Korean female pre-service teacher’s experiences in a U.S. teacher preparation program. The participant encountered challenges due to her perceived language proficiency and communication and participation style in a U.S. higher educational context. Further, the author report how the participant responded to her challenges: (1) by feeling pressure to internalize deficit-oriented narratives and assimilate into dominant cultural norms, and (2) by resisting against the racial stereotype. This study shows that teacher educators need to create counter-spaces for linguistic and ethnic/racial minority pre-service teachers in teacher preparation.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Levels of Technology Integration in Teaching among Teacher Preparation Program Students at Taibah University

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-320
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Levels Of Technology Integration

The purpose of this study was to examine levels of knowledge and self-efficacy related to technology integration among students of a teacher preparation program at Taibah University. Many studies have explored factors of pre-service teachers that might affect the use of technology in teaching, however, no study has been found to address the topic of the current study. This study applies the Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) as a theoretical framework. The sample was randomly selected and consisted of 106 female students, who enrolled in a teacher preparation program at Taibah University, Medina. Results of the study showed that female pre-service teachers at Taibah University had medium levels of TPACK and self-efficacy regarding technology integration in teaching. In addition, a positive correlation has been found between the two variables. Therefore, this study recommends taking into consideration the TPACK model when measuring or developing knowledge of pre-service teachers in order to improve their self-efficacy for a more effective use of technology in education. Keywords: knowledge, self-efficacy, technology integration, teacher preparation

scholarly journals Preservice Teachers’ Comfort Levels with Technology in an Online Standalone Educational Technology Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Graziano
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Comfort Levels ◽  
Technology Course

While some researchers and teacher educators recommend the integration of technology throughout a teacher preparation program, it may not be realistic for all teacher preparation programs to comply with this recommendation. A lack of training, a lack of interest from faculty, limited faculty or facilities, and/or a lack of vision from educational leaders may prevent some teacher preparation programs from successfully integrating technology throughout the curriculum. For various reasons, colleges and schools of education may rely on standalone educational technology courses. The purpose of this study was to examine technology comfort levels of preservice teachers who completed an online standalone educational technology course with pedagogy and content integrated into the course curriculum. Findings reveal there were no statistically significant mean differences between students’ comfort levels using technology for personal communication and to teach academic content. The findings have implications for teacher preparation programs and teacher educators.

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