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Publication Date: 2016
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Future Teachers' Dispositions toward Teaching with Geospatial Technologies
Jo, Injeong
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), v16 n3 2016
This study examined the effect of a minimal Web-based GIS experience within a semester-long methods course on enhancing preservice teachers' dispositions regarding the use of geospatial technologies for teaching. Fourteen preservice teachers enrolled in a senior-level methods course offered in geography and focused exclusively on how to teach geography in K-12 classrooms participated in the study. The findings of the study indicate that Web-based GIS activities had a positive impact on participants' beliefs, attitudes, and confidence in GST implementation and teaching spatial thinking in their future classrooms.
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Methods Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Technology Integration, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Educational Objectives, Spatial Ability, Student Surveys, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Discourse Analysis, Statistical Significance, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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