Switching Roles: Student Mentors Help Teachers Use Ict Pedagogically

ISBN-13: 9783659594533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str.

Peterson Michael Joseph

Opis

The literature provides clear evidence of a number of key barriers to teachers being able to enhance their students learning by integrating ICT into their teaching. These barriers include not knowing how to use technologies and also a perception of a lack of usefulness of technology. The literature also noted a gender barrier which identified female teachers as being less likely to use technologies in their pedagogies than their male colleagues. Also, teachers are adult learners and have special needs associated with adult learning such as the need for individual and personalised learning programmes delivered at a time of their choosing. One approach to meet those special needs and overcome the barriers was through reverse-mentoring which is the use of students to help their teachers with ICT issues in a timely and relevant manner. The benefits of reverse-mentoring have not been widely explored in the literature. This study provided evidence that reverse-mentoring programmes delivered timely and relevant help for the participant teachers. The study also investigated the extent the reverse-mentored programmes particularly assisted female teachers uptake of ICT in their teaching

O autorze

Dr Michael Peterson has extensive experience in the IT industry and is a Certified IT Professional in New Zealand. He holds a PhD degree from Curtin University (Australia), a Masters degree and graduate diplomas from the Universities of Otago and Massey (New Zealand). He is a registered teacher and is currently teaching ICT in a secondary school.