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Perceptions and Pedagogical Considerations in Professional Development Training for Integration of an Early Literacy Program in Kenya
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Wood, Eileen; Vica, Cristiana; Gottardo, Alexandra; Iminza, Rose; Kiforo, Enos; Wade, Anne – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
The present study examines experiences of mentor teachers and their teacher colleagues following three days of professional development training for early literacy instruction and a literacy software program (ABRA). Four Kenyan teacher-mentors were interviewed and 34 teachers were surveyed. Training included program specific and curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Faculty Development, Computer Software
Evaluating Teachers' Learning, Perceptions, and Cultural Differences Following Professional Development for Early Literacy Software
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Uribe-Banda, Constanza; Wood, Eileen; Gottardo, Alexandra; Wade, Anne; Iminza, Rose; WaGiokõ, Maina – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2021
The present study examined the impact of professional development training on Canadian and Kenyan teachers' confidence, comfort, and perceptions of their abilities to teach early literacy skills in the primary or elementary grades. Data were collected prior to and following training on how to integrate early literacy software as part of ongoing…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Faculty Development, Emergent Literacy
Workshop Training to Facilitate Parent-Child Instructional Opportunities for Reading and Social Development with Kindergarten Students
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Wood, Katherine R.; Wood, Eileen; Gottardo, Alexandra; Archer, Karin; Savage, Robert; Piquette, Noëlla – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
This study provided workshops for parents on either early literacy or socio-emotional learning to examine the impact on their children's reading and social skills development (n = 576 parents; n = 584 children). Parents of kindergartners were offered interactive workshops designed to help them identify everyday opportunities to support reading…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Workshops, Parent Education, Emergent Literacy
Evaluating Teachers' Support Requests When Just-in-Time Instructional Support is Provided to Introduce a Primary Level Web-Based Reading Program
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Wood, Eileen; Anderson, Alissa; Piquette-Tomei, Noella; Savage, Robert; Mueller, Julie – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2011
Support requests were documented for 10 teachers (4 kindergarten, 4 grade one, and 2 grade one/two teachers) who received just-in-time instructional support over a 2 1/2 month period while implementing a novel reading software program as part of their literacy instruction. In-class observations were made of each instructional session. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Reading Programs, Computer Software
Identifying Discriminating Variables between Teachers Who Fully Integrate Computers and Teachers with Limited Integration
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Mueller, Julie; Wood, Eileen; Willoughby, Teena; Ross, Craig; Specht, Jacqueline – Computers & Education, 2008
Given the prevalence of computers in education today, it is critical to understand teachers' perspectives regarding computer integration in their classrooms. The current study surveyed a random sample of a heterogeneous group of 185 elementary and 204 secondary teachers in order to provide a comprehensive summary of teacher characteristics and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Computer Uses in Education, Discriminant Analysis, Technology Integration