ERIC Number: EJ1428491
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-764X
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3577
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach with Information Technology: Mapping Knowledge Patterns in What Is Included and Omitted in Ghana
Emmanuel Ayisi Abedi; Sarah Prestridge; David Geelan; Steven Hodge
Cambridge Journal of Education, v54 n3 p337-356 2024
Research, primarily from pre-service teachers' perspectives, has found that teacher education programmes are not providing adequate preparation for constructivist pedagogy using information technology. This subject is pronounced in Ghana's teacher education programmes, where local research that investigates knowledge patterns in technology training methods and competencies pre-service teachers mainly acquire is also scarce. In addressing this gap, this paper describes a qualitative study that examined the reflective views and experiences of 20 in-service teachers regarding what was offered and missing in their pre-service training for digital pedagogy. Findings revealed teachers benefit from standalone educational technology courses, teacher educators modelling technology use, and curriculum activities requiring technology use. The knowledge pattern in these training methods suggests a prioritisation of technical skills acquisition that mostly supports traditional, teacher-centred teaching tasks. Factors impeding pedagogical development training are unpacked, along with the reasons behind misalignments between teacher education policy requirements, and actual pre-service technology training practices.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Information Technology, Teaching Methods, Concept Mapping, Knowledge Level, Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Technology, Learning Activities, Preservice Teacher Education, Technological Literacy, Teacher Attitudes, Course Content, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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