ERIC Number: EJ1136283
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Feb
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0313-5373
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Pre-Service Teachers' Reflections: The Influence of School 1:1 Laptop Programs on Their Developing Teaching Practice
Blackley, Susan; Walker, Rebecca
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v42 n2 Article 1 p1-13 Feb 2017
Throughout Australia, many government and non-government schools have implemented a one-laptop-per-student (1:1) policy. Whilst there was initial interest in the implementation of these programs, little has been done to track the uptake of digital learning technologies afforded by access to the laptops. This study examined pre-service teachers' reflections on their experiences with 1:1 laptop programs in their secondary schooling. The lens for this reflection was their consideration of their aspirational teaching practice. Qualitative data were collected from two successive cohorts (2014 and 2015) of the first year of a Bachelor of Education course. The objectives of the research presented in this paper were to: capture recollections of the students' experience of 1:1 laptop programs; categorise these recollections into positive and negative experiences; and investigate the impact of 1:1 laptop programs on students' perceptions of teaching with ICTs and their personal learning at university.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Student Experience, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Semi Structured Interviews, Focus Groups, Online Surveys, Likert Scales, Mixed Methods Research
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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