ERIC Number: EJ1473791
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8535
Available Date: 2025-04-29
Supporting Teachers' Value-Sensitive Reflections on the Cost-Benefit Dynamics of Technology in Educational Practices
British Journal of Educational Technology, v56 n4 p1350-1369 2025
This paper explores the application of a benefits versus costs reflection approach within non-university teaching environments, grounded in the principles of Value-Sensitive Design. Aimed at integrating human values systematically into the adoption of digital educational tools, this study involved 136 in-service school teachers across various workshops in Catalonia. Through the use of a structured customisable worksheet, educators critically self-evaluated their feelings about both the benefits and costs associated with the use of digital technologies in their teaching practices. The study found that the approach was meaningful to the teachers, who were able to adapt the use of the workshop to their cases. The positive reception by teachers suggests not only a satisfactory level of usability and utility of the approach but also their agreement with the need to integrate related strategies in their training, learning design and community debate processes.
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes, Reflective Teaching, Values, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Teacher Workshops, Foreign Countries, Usability
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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Author Affiliations: 1Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain