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Harlow, Ann – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2010
There is a substantial demand in New Zealand for professional learning opportunities to help early years' teachers to make use of ICT for teaching and learning (Harlow, Cowie and Jones, 2008), and where interactive whiteboards (IWBs) are increasingly being purchased by schools as instructional technologies. This paper reports on the findings of a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
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Cowie, Bronwen; Jones, Alister; Harlow, Ann – Teacher Development, 2011
The Laptops for Teachers scheme in New Zealand provides teachers whose schools opt into the scheme access to a laptop for their exclusive use. This paper reports on the findings of the three-year evaluation of the impact of the laptops on secondary teachers' work. The findings indicate that school leadership has been pivotal to the provision of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices
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Cowie, Bronwen; Jones, Alister; Harlow, Ann – School Leadership & Management, 2011
Research on the nature of and support for systemic sustainable innovation with ICT is converging with research on policy implementation and studies of school change and improvement to highlight the complex interplay of personal and contextual factors that enable and constrain innovation. In each of these fields, leadership has been found to play a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Participative Decision Making, Educational Change
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Harlow, Ann; Cowie, Bronwen; Heazlewood, Megan – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2010
Recent literature on the role of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) has indicated numerous ways in which teachers make use of the IWB to support children's learning. In these studies there is a growing awareness of changing roles in the classroom as teachers gain confidence in the use of new technologies. This study describes how a researcher worked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Rural Schools, Elementary School Teachers
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Harlow, Ann; Cowie, Bronwen – Teachers and Curriculum, 2009
The introduction of computers, the Internet, and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into the school context has proved challenging for many schools and teachers. In meeting these challenges, professional development for teachers has been seen traditionally as a formal process conducted by an expert from outside the school.…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Laptop Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers
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Jones, Alister; Harlow, Ann; Cowie, Bronwen – Technology Teacher, 2003
A survey of 851 New Zealand teachers (64% response) implementing the technology curriculum found they were satisfied with the usefulness of the curriculum statement to guide planning and assessment. Nearly three-quarters received professional development to prepare them for teaching technology. (JOW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum
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Jones, Alister; Harlow, Ann; Cowie, Bronwen – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2004
This paper describes the results of a national study to investigate teachers' experiences in the implementation of the technology curriculum in New Zealand schools from years 1-13. This investigation of the implementation of the technology curriculum is part of a larger study being undertaken nationally in all curriculum areas (National Schools…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Technology Education