A Case Study of Teaching English and Multimodality with ICTs: Constraints and Possibilities

Autor/in	Jetnikoff, Anita
Titel	A Case Study of Teaching English and Multimodality with ICTs: Constraints and Possibilities
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 50 (2015) 2, S.41-51 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; English Instruction; Faculty Development; Secondary School Teachers; English Teachers; Catholic Schools; College Faculty; Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Creativity; Grammar; Technological Literacy; Time Management; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Secondary School Students; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Katholische Schule; Fakultät; Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Kreativität; Grammatik; Technisches Wissen; Zeitmanagement; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Sekundarschüler; Australien
Abstract	Current Australian policies and curricular frameworks demand that teachers and students use technology creatively and meaningfully in classrooms to develop students into 21C technological citizens. English teachers and students also have to learn new metalanguage around visual grammar since multimodal tasks often combine creative with critical General Capabilities (GC) with that of the of ICTs and literacy in the Australian Curriculum: English (AC: E). Both teachers and learners come to these tasks with varying degrees of techno-literacy, skills and access to technologies. This paper reports on case-study research following a technology based collaborative professional development (PD) program between a university Lecturer facilitator and English teachers in a secondary Catholic school. The study found that the possibilities for creative and critical engagement are rich, but there are real grounded constraints such as lack of time, impeding teachers' ability to master and teach new technologies in classrooms. Furthermore, pedagogical approaches are affected by technical skill levels and school infrastructure concerns which can militate against effective use of ICTs in school settings. The research project was funded by the Brisbane Catholic Education Office and focused on how teachers can be supported in these endeavours in educational contexts as they prepare students of English to be creative global citizens who use technology creatively. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for the Teaching of English. English House, 416 Magill Road, Kensington Gardens, SA 5068 Australia. Tel: +61-8-8332-2845; Fax: +61-8-8333-0394; e-mail: aate@aate.org.au; Web site: http://www.aate.org.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01