ERIC Number: ED669031
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 140
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ISBN: 979-8-5381-6855-2
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A Qualitative Study: Teachers Transitioning to a 1:1 Computing Teaching and Learning Environments
Emilia A. Herrera
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Capella University
There is a lack of literature on how teachers experience and how they are affected by implementing and transitioning from a traditional classroom to a 1:1 computing environment, specifically how individual teachers experience the phenomenon of transitioning from their traditional settings to one rich with technology use. This qualitative study gave a descriptive narrative account of how seven teachers from a large midwestern urban school district experienced the transition from a traditional classroom setting to a 1:1 computing environment. Data collected in this study showed the participants were affected in similar and different ways. One dominant feeling that was expressed by several of the participants was frustration. The feeling of frustration was largely a result of the problems encountered when transitioning to a 1:1 computing environment, with a significant frustration being it was time-consuming, followed by the lack of training, the inadequacy of technology, rampant technical problems, and lack of compatibility as well as technology as a source of distraction. The qualitative data gathered through this basic qualitative design may be used as a reference guide for: (a) understanding how secondary education teachers experience a change of this nature, (b) providing educational leaders and stakeholders insight on what types of curricular and instructional supports teachers need, either personal or in the form of professional development, when facilitating the implementation of 1:1 computing framework, and (c) recommendations for practice and further study, including, but not limited to further studies on the effectiveness of transitioning to a 1:1 computing environment on secondary school students. More importantly, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, further research on the rise in use of technological devices in the classroom. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Urban Schools, Access to Computers, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Adjustment (to Environment), Technological Literacy, Time, Barriers, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Program Implementation
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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