ERIC Number: ED421109
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998-Mar
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Teachers Teaching Teachers: The Belen Goals 2000 Professional Development Project.
Norton, Priscilla; Sprague, Debra
Belen Public Schools (New Mexico) received a Goals 2000 grant for teacher education and technology integration. The Belen Goals 2000 professional development project established two three-day teachers-teaching-teachers workshops. The first focused on using an integrated software package and the second focused on using e-mail and the Internet. Workshops de-emphasized the mechanics of technology and concentrated on integrating technology within the curriculum. They were structured to engage attendees in model lessons, with attendees becoming content-area learners while also learning about technology integration. In order to assess the level of teacher concerns related to the integration of technology as a change or innovation, the Stages of Concern About the Innovation Questionnaire (SoCQ) was administered to participants. The instrument was based on a seven stage developmental model: awareness, information, personal, management, consequence, collaboration, and refocusing. Findings indicated that the workshops changed teachers in subtle and emerging ways; yet this data points only in the direction of change, not toward substantial or deep changes in educational practices. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Grants, Inservice Teacher Education, Internet, Technology Integration, Training, Workshops
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Goals 2000
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