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Teaching with Physical Computing in School: The Case of the Micro:bit
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Kalelioglu, Filiz; Sentance, Sue – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Many physical devices supporting the learning of programming and digital making are now available which have the potential to make learning fun, accessible and creative for children and young adults. The advent of this new technology necessitates research to inform pedagogical approaches that work in the classroom. We carried out a study which…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Programming, Teaching Experience, Cooperative Learning
Building a Teacher-Student Community through Collaborative Teaching and Learning: Engaging the Most Affected and Least Consulted
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Kooy, Mary – Teacher Development, 2015
This paper reports on a longitudinal study of nine teachers and their principal in a new secondary school that met to select, read, discuss and determine the viability of the text for their growing English classes and the library. This research offered a unique opportunity to examine how practitioners create and develop a social context for…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Secondary School Teachers, Principals, Communities of Practice
Becoming a Teacher in Multiple Voices: An Exploration of Teacher Identity Formation among Teachers of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Wilt, Mary E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the formation of teacher identity among four teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and my own by examining our perspectives, influences, and experiences at different points in our careers and determining the similarities and differences that exist in our professional and educational…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teacher Attitudes
Student Recognition of Visual Affordances: Supporting Use of Physics Simulations in Whole Class and Small Group Settings
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Stephens, A. Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to investigate student interactions with simulations, and teacher support of those interactions, within naturalistic high school physics classroom settings. This study focuses on data from two lesson sequences that were conducted in several physics classrooms. The lesson sequences were conducted in a whole class…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Simulation, Group Discussion
Case Studies of Mathematics Teachers' Learning in an Online Study Group
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Groth, Randall E. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2007
Two teachers participating in an online study group provided the foci for in-depth case studies. Transcripts of conversations they had with colleagues about issues related to reform-oriented pedagogy were analyzed from both acquisition and participation perspectives on learning. Both teachers exhibited mainly marginal changes to their pedagogical…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Mathematics Teachers, Case Studies
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on e-Learning (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, July 21-24, 2015)
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Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2015, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information and Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, July 21-24, 2015). The e-Learning 2015…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Failure, Electronic Learning, Success