ERIC Number: EJ1476409
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2357
EISSN: EISSN-1573-7608
Available Date: 2025-01-23
"This Wouldn't Be Possible in a 40-Student Classroom": A Case Study of Transformative 1:1 Device Integration in India
Education and Information Technologies, v30 n10 p13663-13690 2025
This case-study analyzed the pedagogical uses of 1:1 devices at a mid-cost private school in India. Relying on interviews, classroom observations, and naturalistic qualitative approaches, we categorized classroom technology use according to the PICRAT model of technology--Passive-Interactive-Creative and Replacement-Amplification-Transformation. We attempted to understand how 1:1 devices were being used in 10 Indian classrooms at a single school and how this use influenced pedagogy and student learning experiences. Results indicated that devices were generally being used (a) to promote learner-content and learner-teacher interactive learning experiences and (b) to enable transformative pedagogical activities via feedback mechanisms in large classes. With regard to previous research, the most important outcome of the study related to the articulation of what makes technology integration efforts transformative and how this determination may be heavily context-specific (i.e., what is transformative in North America may not be transformative in India and vice-versa). Results are also of importance to policymakers and practitioners in India and in other parts of the world where class sizes are large and technological resources may be more constrained in guiding 1:1 efforts toward being more effective and transformational for all learners.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Private Schools, Access to Computers, Interaction, Feedback (Response), Technology Integration, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Teacher Student Relationship, Transformative Learning, Context Effect
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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Author Affiliations: 1The Acres Foundation, Education and Research, Mumbai, India; 2Brigham Young University, Instructional Psychology & Technology, Provo, USA