ERIC Number: EJ1168057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 14
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School Stakeholders' Experience with Navigating ICT Policy Reforms in Singapore
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Jr.; Kheng, Catherine Chua Siew
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, v11 n4 Article 6 p83-96 2015
Using qualitative research inquiry methods, this inquiry attempts to explore how school stakeholders cope with incessant and seemingly endless transformations in schools. The central phenomenon to be studied focuses on how school stakeholders "make sense" of educational reform. In order to do this, an exploratory case study of two target schools taking part in policy reform initiatives directed at ubiquitous use of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in a Singapore context would be the locus of this inquiry. Using Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), interviews, and observations this inquiry investigates and builds emerging explanations to sense-making experiences of stakeholders. Policy learning narratives of actors involved in the ICT-education reforms would be analysed using the lens of Actor-Network Theory (ANT). Findings from this exploratory inquiry provide insights to ongoing debates on policy learning experiences of school stakeholders in periods of uncertainty.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Information Policy, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Qualitative Research, Information Technology, Focus Groups, Interviews, Observation, Learning Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Professional Identity, Educational Practices, Program Implementation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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