Exploring the Influence of Web-Based Portfolio Development on Learning to Teach Elementary Science

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Avraamidou, L. (2003). Exploring the Influence of Web-Based Portfolio Development on Learning to Teach Elementary Science. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 11(3), 415-442. Norfolk, VA: AACE.
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Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
ISSN 1059-7069
Volume 11, Issue 3, 2003
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)  Norfolk, VA

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Author

Lucy Avraamidou, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Abstract

This multi-participant case study aimed to examine web-based portfolio development in the service of supporting reflective thinking and learning within the innovative context of Professional Development Schools. The questions that guided this study are: a) What is the nature of the evidence-based philosophies developed by prospective elementary teachers as central part of a web-based portfolio task? and b) In what ways does the technology contribute to the web-based portfolio task? The findings of this study illuminated the participants' understandings about learning and teaching science and illustrated how the web-based forum and the way the task was organized supported a continuous engagement in metacognition, self-reflection and self-evaluation.

Keywords

• Middle School Education
• Schools
• Preservice Teacher Education
• Professional Development
• Networking Technologies

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