Collaborative Teacher Inquiry Into iPad Use in Grade 3 Classrooms: Mobilizing Knowledge Through a Long-term School-University Partnership

Autor: Cathy Rath, Jennifer Boin, Nancy Meeussen, Ruth Lynn McQuirter, Donna Dortmans
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Brock Education: a Journal of Educational Research and Practice, Vol 25, Iss 1 (2016)
ISSN: 1183-1189
Popis: In this paper, we report on a longitudinal case study exploring Grade 3 teachers’ implementation of iPads in the Language Arts classroom. A school-university partnership was formed based on a collaborative teacher inquiry model. We examined factors that shaped our collaboration. The project resulted in greater teacher sharing of iPad implementation strategies and growth in leadership skills among the teachers. A surprising finding was the degree of reciprocal learning about digital pedagogy that the university researchers experienced during the study and were able to share with their Pre-service Education classes. We emphasize the potential of school-university partnerships for narrowing the current gap between theory and practice in technology-enhanced learning.
Databáze: OpenAIRE