ERIC Number: EJ737102
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 42
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 74
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
A Framework for Understanding Teaching with the Internet
Wallace, Raven McCrory
American Educational Research Journal, v41 n2 p447-488 Sum 2004
The Internet is widely used in K-12 schools. Yet teachers are not well prepared to teach with the Internet, and its use is limited in scope and substance. This article uses case studies of three high school science teachers to develop a framework for teaching with the Internet, exploring how the Internet shapes and is shaped by classroom practices. The framework includes five affordances of resources: (a) boundaries, (b) authority, (c) stability, (d) pedagogical context, and (e) disciplinary context. These interact with fundamental challenges of teaching to produce wide variation in Internet use. The case studies suggest that affordances vary because of activity design and characteristics of the resource. Challenges to teachers depend on how they position themselves with respect to the affordances. (Contains 4 tables and 4 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Internet, Secondary School Teachers, Case Studies, Science Teachers, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Teacher Characteristics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Science Education, Information Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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