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Jocius, Robin; O'Byrne, Ian; Blanton, Melanie; Albert, Jennifer; Joshi, Deepti; Robinson, Richard; Andrews, Ashley – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2021
This article describes the Infusing Computing project, a 4-year study designed to support middle and high school teachers in infusing computational thinking (CT) into their disciplinary teaching. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, weeklong workshops held in summer 2020 were shifted to a virtual format and utilized emerging technology tools, synchronous…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Faculty Development, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Herbst, Patricio; Chieu, Vu-Minh; Rougée, Annick – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2014
This paper builds on Grossman's notion of approximations of practice as scaled-down opportunities for preservice teachers to learn to teach by doing. The authors propose the use of media rich, collaborative web-authoring tools for preservice teachers to create, complete, or edit scenarios in which they practice particular activities of teaching,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Web Based Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction
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Rodesiler, Luke – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2014
This article presents research from a qualitative study exploring five secondary English teachers' professionally oriented participation online. Drawing upon Cole's (1996) "surround" and "weaving" views of context, the specific line of research featured here was guided by the following question: What are the features of the…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Qualitative Research, Faculty Development
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MacKinnon, Gregory – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2015
This paper reports the results of a 3-year longitudinal study on the perceived utility of supplying elementary science teacher interns with four asynchronous tools to assist them in creating their first lesson plan of a constructivist nature. The research accessed qualitative and quantitative measures to sample intern reaction to the notion of a…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Practices, Educational Technology, Longitudinal Studies
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Courtney, Ann M.; King, Frederick B. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2009
One of the challenges of teacher education is to train preservice teachers to deliver a wide range of literacy skills to a diverse population. This article describes a mixed methods research study into preservice undergraduate literacy methods courses. This research examined how online, asynchronously conducted discussions influenced and impacted…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Li, Qing – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2006
This article shares an approach to teaching mathematics teacher education courses incorporating asynchronous online discussions. Specifically, this research is guided by the following research questions: (a) How would online discussions contribute or hinder teachers' learning in mathematics methods courses? and (b) What pedagogical strategies need…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Asynchronous Communication