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Professional Use of Technology on School Placement - an Irish study
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, Marino Institute of Education, Ireland ; , , , Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Las Vegas, NV, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-13-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

Abstract

This paper reports on one aspect of a larger study, namely the use made of technology by pre-service teachers in their school placements. The pre-service teachers completed an on-line questionnaire; the data was imported into SPSS to permit cross-tabulations and analysis though the small numbers prevented extensive use of statistics. The most frequently used technologies suggest a transmissionist approach to education. Examples of creation of teaching material and other uses requiring a creative input are rare. Both first and second level barriers to technology use exist for this group. Some effect of self-reported expertise on using technology is noted.

Citation

Egan, A., FitzGibbon, A., Johnston, K. & Oldham, E. (2015). Professional Use of Technology on School Placement - an Irish study. In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2015--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2287-2294). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from .

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