ERIC Number: EJ1121683
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1065-0741
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Dynamic Scaffolding in a Cloud-Based Problem Representation System: Empowering Pre-Service Teachers' Problem Solving
Lee, Chwee Beng; Ling, Keck Voon; Reimann, Peter; Diponegoro, Yudho Ahmad; Koh, Chia Heng; Chew, Derwin
Campus-Wide Information Systems, v31 n5 p346-356 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to argue for the need to develop pre-service teachers' problem solving ability, in particular, in the context of real-world complex problems. Design/methodology/approach: To argue for the need to develop pre-service teachers' problem solving skills, the authors describe a web-based problem representation system that is embedded with levels of scaffolding to support the claim. Findings: The authors' conceptualisation of this cloud-based environment is also very much aligned with the development of pre-service teachers' systems thinking. Teacher learning itself is a complex system that involves many processes, mechanisms and interactions of elements, and the outcomes may be highly unpredictable (Opfer and Pedder, 2011). As a result of the complex nature of teacher learning, it would be meaningful to frame teacher learning as a complex system. An approach to enable pre-service teachers to be aware of this complexity is to situate them in a systems thinking context. Originality/value: This paper discusses a system which was developed for problem solving. The levels of adaptive scaffoldings embedded within the system is an innovation which is not found in other similar research projects.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teacher Education, Internet, Information Technology, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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