ERIC Number: EJ690962
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 25
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 50
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
Mentoring Toward Technology Use: Cooperating Teacher Practice in Supporting Student Teachers
Grove, Karen; Strudler, Neal; Odell, Sandra
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v37 n1 p85-109 Fall 2004
This paper investigates the mentoring practices of 16 cooperating teachers as they prepared student teachers to integrate technology into teaching and learning activities. Data were gathered from multiple sources during a semester of student teaching. A complex variety of contextual and conceptual factors influencing the integration of technology into student teaching experiences are presented, including access to technology, on-site support, and beliefs about mentoring. Findings describe the practices of cooperating teachers in mentoring student teachers toward technology use. In order for student teachers to learn how to support student-centered lessons with technology, they need knowledgeable mentor teachers and adequate access to technology to practice and develop those lessons. Recommendations for other school district/university partnerships attempting to integrate technology in field experiences include the implementation of frequent professional development sessions for mentors that help them build knowledge about how to teach in reform-minded ways with technology and how to mentor student teachers to teach in ways consistent with reform standards. Mentors should be introduced to new practices integrating technology with curriculum-based, student-centered activities that expose them to new models for teaching and learning and learn to encourage novices to teach in similar ways through modeling, practicing, and analyzing teaching together.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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