Introducing Tablets in a Portuguese School: a Micool Project Case Study Analysis [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Educational Technologies (5th, Sydney, Australia, Dec 11-13, 2017).

Autor/in	Judge, Miriam
Titel	Introducing Tablets in a Portuguese School: a Micool Project Case Study Analysis [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Educational Technologies (5th, Sydney, Australia, Dec 11-13, 2017).
Quelle	(2017), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Handheld Devices; Teaching Methods; Program Descriptions; Rural Areas; Information Technology; Educational Benefits; Instructional Innovation; Disadvantaged Schools; Economic Factors; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Elementary Secondary Education; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Educational Policy; Portugal; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Informationstechnologie; Bildungsertrag; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Ökonomischer Faktor; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Europa
Abstract	The increasing popularity of tablets in society generally has sparked much interest in their educational potential and while a number of studies on the use of tablets in schools have been conducted world-wide most of these have been conducted in English-speaking and well-resourced education jurisdictions such as the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Studies conducted on the use of tablets in non-English speaking and educationally under-resourced countries are less wide-spread. This research conducted as part of an EU Erasmus+ Project (Micool), focusses on the introduction of iPads in a remote, rural region of Portugal where persistent under investment in education, particularly educational IT, has been acutely felt for almost a decade. Using a case study methodology this study reveals how many of the benefits associated with using mobile technologies in other educational jurisdictions were also replicated here, and how innovative teachers, despite working within a very traditional and rigid system, used the devices to suit their specific curriculum and classroom needs. Furthermore, this study will also reveal how international events such as the financial and economic collapse of 2008/2009 negatively impacted national education policies in a European country, the effects of which were acutely manifested in this school, particularly when it came to IT provision and support. [For the complete proceedings, see ED579282.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01