ERIC Number: EJ885671
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1715-2461
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Mediating Technologies: Texts for Change
Doan, Lara
Ontario Action Researcher, v10 n2 2009
Computer artifacts are anything but socially neutral learning tools. The presence of computer-based technologies not only influences the thought processes of both teachers and students, but also affects the rhythms and ordering of classroom life. This article describes one teacher educator's efforts to structure occasions for teacher candidates to press beyond habitual and ordinary ways of making sense of relations of classroom practices and educational uses of computers. Joining the conversation are the voices of seven teacher candidates who participated in the Mediating Technologies Module. (Contains 2 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Educational Practices, Teacher Education Programs, Learning Modules, Interviews, Focus Groups, Followup Studies, Teacher Education Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Participant Satisfaction, Social Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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