ERIC Number: EJ1080632
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1528-5804
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Expanding the Conversation: A Commentary toward Revision of Swenson, Rozema, Young, Mcgrail, and Whitin
Hicks, Troy
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), v6 n1 p46-55 2006
As a commentary aimed toward revision of "Beliefs About Technology and the Preparation of English Teachers: Beginning the Conversation" (Swenson, Rozema, Young, McGrail, & Whitin, 2005), this paper encourages the authors to focus on the multiliteracies that technologies enable as a guiding theme rather than on technologies themselves. It also contends that revisions could be more congruent with current trends in K-12 literacy instruction, namely addressing how multiliteracies and design-based learning can connect with standards and assessment. In so doing, it suggests that the revision of this belief statement can expand the conversation from one primarily about technologies to one that focuses on the changing nature of literacy as well as the larger and long-term implications of this shift for English education.
Descriptors: Beliefs, English Teacher Education, Multiple Literacies, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, Agenda Setting, Educational Practices, Reader Response, Review (Reexamination), Technology Integration, Theory Practice Relationship, Professional Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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