The use of Information technologies in the classrooms: Patterns of change and development in educational beliefs and in educational practices among teachers and their students

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Wadmany, R. & Levin, T. (2004). The use of Information technologies in the classrooms: Patterns of change and development in educational beliefs and in educational practices among teachers and their students. In R. Ferdig et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (pp. 4295-4299). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004
Atlanta, GA, USA
2004
  Richard Ferdig, Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Niki Davis, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

Rivka Wadmany, Teachers College of Technology, Israel; Tamar Levin, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Abstract

Significant changes in the learning and teaching processes in a school that utilizes information technologies is possible only if the teachers are prepared to alter their beliefs and instructional practices. The research is an exploratory case study, which examined the changes that occured in the educational beliefs, classroom practices and knowledge restructuring processes of six teachers, who, for three years, experienced teaching in classrooms using information technologies. In addition, the study examined the relationship between these changes and their students' perceptions and attitudes towards learning and engaging in information-rich tasks within a technology based environment.The findings demonstrated that each of the teachers underwent change of a different intensity, in different directions and throughout a different time period. A positive relationship was found among the teachers' changes and between their students' attitudes.

Keywords

• Change
• Classrooms
• Attitudes
• Teachers
• Educational Technology

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