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Physical education teacher education (PETE) programs are encouraged to develop teachers capable of delivering technology integrated learning experiences.
Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) provides a framework for integrating technology into teacher education programs.
Occupational socialization theory describes an educator’s recruitment, training, and socialization in the teaching profession.
The purpose of this article is to propose a conceptual framework for helping preservice physical educators develop technological pedagogical content knowledge that is grounded in occupational socialization theory.
The authors specifically recommend a four-phase approach to help preservice teachers
(a) build their knowledge and learn to value technology in physical education,
(b) observe and explore through instructor modeling and integration,
(c) experiment and collaborate with mentoring and scaffolding, and
(d) discover through innovation and utilization.
These suggestions acknowledge the sociopolitical aspects of learning to teach with technology and implications are discussed along with the need to help preservice teachers transfer technology integration into their professional careers.
Published: 2020
Updated: Dec. 02, 2020
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This article offers a first look at teacher educators’ (N = 336) perceptions of their technology competencies based on the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs; Foulger, Graziano, Schmidt-Crawford, & Slykhuis, 2017).
The participants generally rated their competence levels highly in relation to the TETCs.
Although many participants reported that the TETCs adequately reflected the competencies required of them, they suggested various additions and changes to the TETCs.
This mixed-method study advances understanding of teacher educators’ perceptions of the importance of various competences to their work and offers feedback from the field regarding which competencies might be missing from the TETCs.
Published: 2020
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020
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This article describes key features of a hybrid professional development (PD) program that was designed to prepare elementary classroom teachers to mentor preservice teachers for effective science instruction.
Five classroom teachers who were new to mentor training participated in the study to document the impacts of the PD sequence.
The PD combined an in-person immersion into the components of effective science instruction with online modules centered on learner-supportive mentoring practices.
Findings indicated that mentors who engaged in the hybrid face-to-face and online PD more effectively coached their mentees and displayed specific shifts in their approach to mentor conversations.
Participants showed statistically significant increases in their ability to use coaching as a default mentoring stance, to focus on evidence of students’ science learning, and to draw on a consistent framework for effective science instruction for their conversations.
Published: 2019
Updated: Dec. 01, 2019
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This qualitative case study examined what educators and startups learned from each other when participating in a 4-hour educational technology (edtech) design summit, SlowPitch, which strategically facilitated boundary crossing conversations and activities among typically siloed constituents, such as educators, researchers, developers, investors, and students, in the edtech ecosystem.
The study examined what educators and startups learn from each other, the ties they form, and the resources they share when offered a chance to deeply engage with each other.
The research context involved a specially designed edtech pitch event that strategically facilitated a boundary crossing opportunity through conversation across typically siloed constituents in the edtech ecosystem.
Published: 2019
Updated: Nov. 26, 2019
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In this study, the authors were interested to evaluate the participants’ ability to integrate game design in their lesson plans and explore their experiences over time during the workshops. The findings revealed that the participants’ lesson planscan be improved in terms of allowing students to take ownership during the game creation, design, and problem-solving processes. Instead of giving students freedom and agency, the lesson plans did not allow high levels of collaboration and exploration.The analysis of the reflections helped the authors describe participants’ varied experiences and identify challenges faced during the Game Design and Learning (GDL) workshops. At the end of the workshops, all participants indicated that they developed a basic understanding of game design and programming and felt comfortable with the process.
Published: 2016
Updated: Oct. 22, 2017
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This participatory action research demonstrates how teachers' technological pedagogical knowledge might combine with a participatory stance to encourage students to design and carry out content-focused projects. Findings indicate that teachers struggle with how to assess new literacies, especially participatory digital literacies that engage learners in collaborative and innovative ways.
Published: 2016
Updated: Aug. 13, 2017
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In this article, the authors compared the effectiveness of learning technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) domain knowledge in a new technology-infused approach for teaching technology to teacher candidates with a more traditional, stand-alone course. In the new approach, learning to use technology is infused into program methods courses. Candidates all improved their TPACK domain scores.
Published: 2015
Updated: Aug. 09, 2017
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This exploratory study examines the effectiveness of a “virtual role-play” (VRP) tool developed to help teacher candidates effectively respond to classroom bullying by providing them with opportunities to engage in repeated, authentic practice conversations. The authors hypothesized that practice in simulated conversations provided by VRP would improve teacher candidates’ communication skills and increase their confidence in responding to classroom bullying. The findings revealed that the repeated practice afforded by VRP improved candidates’ fluency in a way that traditional role-play did not, especially given the time and logistical constraints for conducting regular role-play.
Published: 2017
Updated: May. 10, 2017
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This study reports on the extent to which teacher education programs in the United States have begun to integrate maker principles and technologies. It also explores the factors which contribute to their decisions to include or not to include maker elements into their programs. Results indicate that approximately half of teacher education programs have at least some opportunities for undergraduates and graduates to learn about teaching and learning with maker technologies and principles.
Published: 2017
Updated: May. 10, 2017
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The present study utilized an innovative methodological approach to capture the noticing of preservice teachers using wearable cameras while they were in an introspective position within the elementary classroom context. Findings indicate that differences exist in the ability for preservice teachers to mark noticing as compared to practicing teachers.
Published: 2016
Updated: May. 10, 2017