ERIC Number: EJ723850
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
Transforming a Teacher Education Method Course through Technology: Effects on Preservice Teachers' Technology Competency
Angeli, Charoula
Computers and Education, v45 n4 p383-398 Dec 2005
In this study, an instructional design model was employed for restructuring a teacher education course with technology. The model was applied in a science education method course, which was offered in two different but consecutive semesters with a total enrollment of 111 students in the fall semester and 116 students in the spring semester. Using tools, such as multimedia authoring tools in the fall semester and modeling software in the spring semester, teacher educators designed high quality technology-infused lessons for science and, thereafter, modeled them in classroom for preservice teachers. An assessment instrument was constructed to assess preservice teachers' technology competency, which was measured in terms of four aspects, namely, (a) selection of appropriate science topics to be taught with technology, (b) use of appropriate technology-supported representations and transformations for science content, (c) use of technology to support teaching strategies, and (d) integration of computer activities with appropriate inquiry-based pedagogy in the science classroom. The results of a MANOVA showed that preservice teachers in the Modeling group outperformed preservice teachers' overall performance in the Multimedia group, F=21.534, p=0.000. More specifically, the Modeling group outperformed the Multimedia group on only two of the four aspects of technology competency, namely, use of technology to support teaching strategies and integration of computer activities with appropriate pedagogy in the classroom, F=59.893, p=0.000, and F=10.943, p=0.001 respectively. The results indicate that the task of preparing preservice teachers to become technology competent is difficult and requires many efforts for providing them with ample of opportunities during their education to develop the competencies needed to be able to teach with technology.
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Instructional Design, Science Education, Methods Courses, Preservice Teachers, Computers, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Multivariate Analysis
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