ERIC Number: EJ723692
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-7069
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Learning Through CyberApprenticeship (LTCA): Robust Evaluation Predicated on Stakeholder Engagement
Bober, Marcie
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, v12 n2 p159-184 2004
San Diego State University's (SDSU) Learning through CyberApprenticeship program, awarded in 1999 under the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) initiative, was built on a simple but challenging premise: to establish and develop a system through which preservice teachers enrolled in EdTec 4701 work directly with technologically skilled teachers (TMTs) in the field to create projects (activities, lessons, units) for classroom implementation that depict best practices in technology use. Over the grant's nearly four years, project staff have necessarily engaged with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders--a challenging task, given their varying (and occasionally contradictory) needs, interests, and expectations. This article turns to theory and the author's own experiences to explore ways to ensure that stakeholders are fully integrated into assessment processes. The obligation is two-fold. The evaluator must, of course, be cognizant of his or her professional obligations, as specified in the Program Evaluation Standards (1994). As important, however, is her or her awareness of the ways stakeholders (a) are defined in the literature--and how that definition has changed over time; (b) may be differentiated by level of investment and stake in the program; (c) are influenced by the authorizing, sociopolitical environment in which they operate; (d) are affected by the phase of the study itself (divergent, convergent); (e) and respond to different techniques for connecting with them. Specific examples of this evaluator's own journey--and her perceptions of success at building and maintaining stakeholder interest--are also provided.
Descriptors: Evaluators, Preservice Teachers, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Technological Literacy, Technology Integration, Participation, Population Groups, Apprenticeships
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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