Evaluating Technology in Teacher Education: Lessons from the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology (Pt3) Program (PB)

ISBN-13: 9781607521341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Walt Heinecke; Pete Adamy

Opis

In a world where the policymakers now clamor for simple quantitative evaluations linking teacher preparation to pupil achievement scores, we are reminded that the causal chain from teacher preparation to in-service performance and student achievement is fraught with externalities, complexities and a less than equal playing field.

Spis treści

• Series Editors’ Preface, Walt Heinecke and Pete Adamy.
• Risk- Taking in Schools of Education: Teaching New Tricks to Old Dogs, Saul Rockman.
• Transforming Teacher Preparation Through Technology, Donna M. Mertens.
• Evaluating the Quality and Impact of a Faculty Development Model: The SUNRAY Experience, Elizabeth Byrom.
• Using the Technology Learning Cycle as a Framework for Teacher Preparation, Faculty Professional Development, and Evaluation, Jane L. Howland, Judy C. Pfannenstiel, Laura Wedman, and Rose Marra.
• Lessons in the Evaluation of Educational Technology Programs: A Meta-Evaluation of 1999-2000 PT3 Catalyst Projects, Walter Heinecke and Kirk Knestis.
• The Appalachian Rural Teacher Technology Alliance, Susan Renc-Walker, Lisa Shuskey, and Richard Riedl.
• High-Tech Mentoring: Evaluating the Impact of a PT3 Project, Debra Sprague, Jane Cooper, and Cynthia Pixley.
• Captured Matter: Using Web-Based Informatics for Evaluation of Educational Reform Projects, Matthew J. Stuve, Jerrell C. Cassady, Laurie J. Mullen, and Jody S. Britten.
• The Evaluation of Project START: Formative Evaluation and Multimethod Design, Andrew Hess and Cheryl Lani Juárez.
• The Integration of Evaluation into the University of Pittsburgh PT3 Project, Shirley Campbell, Brian Yoder, and R. Tony Eichelberger.
• The Influence of PT3 Initiatives on Methods Courses and Field Experiences, Drew Polly, Cliff Mims, Fethi Inan, and Craig Shepherd.
• About the Authors.