|Appears in Collections:||School of Education Journal Articles|
|Peer Review Status:||Refereed|
|Title:||Student teachers’ first reflections on information and communications technology and classroom learning: implications for initial teacher education|
student attitudes to ICT
|Citation:||Sime D & Priestley M (2005) Student teachers’ first reflections on information and communications technology and classroom learning: implications for initial teacher education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21 (2), pp. 130-142.|
|Abstract:||This article explores student teachers’ views of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools. There is limited research literature regarding the perceptions that such students develop in relation to the use of ICT in teaching while observing practice in schools. The paper offers an interpretive analysis of the opinions that a cohort of undergraduate student teachers at a Scottish University expressed in an online forum, following a period of school placement. As part of their Initial Teacher Education (ITE), the students were asked to post messages on the forum in relation to the factors that they perceived as promoting or hindering the use of ICT in schools. Perceptions that students held were found to be complex and varied. Students associated the use of ICT with changes in the nature of classroom relations, as well as a reshaping of learning and teaching. While they welcomed the introduction of ICT as a tool for modernising teaching, students identified a variety of factors that hinder this process. The paper finishes by identifying some of the implications for those working with student teachers in encouraging their development of reflective practice with ICT and enhancing their positive attitudes in relation to the use of ICT in schools.|
|Rights:||Published in Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. Copyright 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The definitive version is available at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com|
|Affiliation:||University of Stirling|
Initial Teacher Education
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