ERIC Number: EJ898519
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-2153-2974
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Interactive Videoconferencing: Connecting Theory to Practice for Preservice Teachers
Kent, Andrea M.; Simpson, Jennifer L.
Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, v27 n1 p12-21 Fall 2010
The purpose of this work is to examine using interactive videoconferencing (IVC) to provide preservice teachers with a model of exemplary reading instruction to transfer their learning and implement effective reading instruction. The program was facilitated by university professors and carried out though frequent interactions between preservice teachers and a number of master teachers employed in public school classrooms. The program's success was based upon the extent to which IVC was considered helpful to preservice teachers attempting to link theory to practice. Data from this program evaluation suggest that, when using IVC technology to prepare new teachers to become more effective reading teachers, teacher candidates expressed improvements in both their ability to, and confidence for, providing better reading instruction. Based on this program evaluation, we the researchers postulate that IVC may be a powerful tool for helping prepare new teachers to meet the many challenges inherent in teaching today. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Reading Teachers, Master Teachers, Reading Instruction, College School Cooperation, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Computer Uses in Education, Interactive Video, Teleconferencing, Protocol Materials, Student Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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