Share Paper: Beginning Teachers’ Reflections on Pre-service Technology Training and Sense of Preparedness

  1. Emmanuel Abedi, Griffith University, Australia
  2. Sarah Prestridge, Griffith University, Australia
  3. David Geelan, The University of Notre Dame, Australia
Monday, April 11 1:45 PM-2:15 PM Silver Pearl Ballroom 2

Abstract: Several studies investigate effective strategies for preparing teachers for educational technology use, but primarily from the perspectives of pre-service teachers in training. This study addresses a different pathway that has received minimal research attention. It explores beginning teachers’ reflective accounts regarding what pre-service technology training opportunities are important to their present use of technology in teaching and how prepared they were. This study, a qualitative case inquiry, gleaned data from open-ended questions and telephone interviews with six beginning teachers in Ghana. Thematic analysis revealed the beginning teachers valued three pre-service technology learning opportunities (standalone technology courses, modelling of technology use, ...