ERIC Number: EJ882474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2454
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Integrating Service-Learning into Technology Training in Teacher Preparation: A Study of an Educational Technology Course for Preservice Teachers
Voithofer, Rick
Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, v21 n3 p103-108 Spr 2005
Based on a partnership between a teacher preparation program and an urban school district, this study evaluates a project that used a service-learning model to connect preservice teachers to working teachers to help the working teachers integrate technology into their teaching while giving the preservice teachers an authentic context for their assignments. Using multiple data sources including questionnaires, class projects, interviews, and field notes, this study looked at the success of service-learning in technology instruction in terms of student satisfaction and student learning related to technology skills, technology integration strategies, and issues that teachers confront teaching diverse populations. The results of the study provide suggestions for the successful integration of service-learning for technology training in teacher education. (Contains 4 tables and 3 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Urban Schools, Technology Integration, College School Cooperation, Educational Technology, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, National Standards, Student Diversity, Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness, Internet, Web Sites, Program Descriptions, Educational Strategies, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires, Interviews, Computer Uses in Education
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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: Ohio
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