TY - JOUR
T1 - ICT-mediated practice and constructivist practices : is this still the best plan for teachers' uses of ICT?
AU - Orlando, Joanne
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been introduced into schools internationally along with the expectation that teachers will use constructivist practices in their use. Despite ICT now being in schools for many years, research shows teachers are not changing in the expected constructivist direction. This article reports on a qualitative, five-year longitudinal study of the ICT practices of a small number of teachers to understand changes that developed in their practices. While ICT became more integrated into their teaching, school and systemic factors, as well as teachers' core beliefs about learning, contributed to their maintaining of teacher-centred practices. While constructivist practices were not adopted, this article illustrates the changes the teachers made to their practices were educationally valuable as they supported the development of knowledge valued by contemporary society.
AB - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been introduced into schools internationally along with the expectation that teachers will use constructivist practices in their use. Despite ICT now being in schools for many years, research shows teachers are not changing in the expected constructivist direction. This article reports on a qualitative, five-year longitudinal study of the ICT practices of a small number of teachers to understand changes that developed in their practices. While ICT became more integrated into their teaching, school and systemic factors, as well as teachers' core beliefs about learning, contributed to their maintaining of teacher-centred practices. While constructivist practices were not adopted, this article illustrates the changes the teachers made to their practices were educationally valuable as they supported the development of knowledge valued by contemporary society.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/529413
U2 - 10.1080/1475939X.2013.782702
DO - 10.1080/1475939X.2013.782702
M3 - Article
SN - 1475-939X
VL - 22
SP - 231
EP - 246
JO - Technology, Pedagogy, and Education
JF - Technology, Pedagogy, and Education
IS - 2
ER -