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Direct linkWood, 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
Uribe-Banda, Constanza; Wood, Eileen; Gottardo, Alexandra; Biddle, Jacqueline; Ghaa, Cliff; Iminza, Rose; Wade, Anne; Korir, Emmanuel – Cogent Education, 2023
The present study compared the learning and experiences of Kenyan teachers randomly assigned to either an online or a blended 12-week intensive teacher professional development program (TPD). The TPD addressed the fundamentals of early literacy development as well as how to use early literacy software to support students learning. TPD outcomes…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Teaching Methods
Download full textUribe-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
Wood, Eileen; Specht, Jacqueline; Willoughby, Teena; Mueller, Julie – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The purpose of this study was to assess the educators' perspectives on the introduction of computer technology in the early childhood education environment. Fifty early childhood educators completed a survey and participated in focus groups. Parallels existed between the individually completed survey data and the focus group discussions. The…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Focus Groups, Young Children, Computers
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
