ERIC Number: EJ1022432
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 14
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Promoting Professional Identity: A Within Group Comparison of Wiki-Based and Traditional Assignments on School Counselling Students' Learning, Sense of Community and Computer Anxiety
Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J.; Pritchard, Tracey; McComb-Beverage, Shanna; Schellenberg, Rita
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v41 n5 p559-572 2013
The purpose of this study is to compare traditional and non-traditional instructional practices used in a counsellor education programme to determine their effect on pre-service school counsellors' learning and sense of community, thus leading to enhanced professional identity. Traditional and non-traditional assignments were examined: (a) a collaborative, multimedia wiki writing assignment; (b) textbook reading and corresponding quizzes; and (c) article critiques. Findings indicate that students experience a greater sense of community and learning when participating in the non-traditional, collaborative, multimedia wiki writing assignment using web-based technology. Findings also indicate that students had low computer anxiety after completing the wiki assignment.
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Counselor Training, Electronic Publishing, Computer Literacy, Assignments, Teaching Methods, Web Sites, Cooperative Learning, Writing Assignments, Web 2.0 Technologies, School Counselors, Textbooks, Tests, Criticism, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students, Multivariate Analysis, Online Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Virginia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Computer Anxiety Scale
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