Rural Elementary School Teachers' Technology Integration

Autor/inn/en	Howley, Aimee; Wood, Lawrence; Hough, Brian
Titel	Rural Elementary School Teachers' Technology Integration
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 26 (2011) 9, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Technology Integration; Educational Technology; Elementary School Teachers; Technology Uses in Education; Teacher Surveys; Access to Computers; Rural Urban Differences; School Location; Teacher Attitudes; Computer Attitudes; Regression (Statistics); Teacher Education; Grade 3; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Unterrichtsmedien; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Schulgelände; Lehrerverhalten; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03
Abstract	Based on survey responses from more than 500 third-grade teachers, this study addressed three research questions relating to technology integration and its impact in rural elementary schools. The first analyses compared rural with non-rural teachers, revealing that the rural teachers had more positive attitudes toward technology integration. Then analyses examined dynamics influencing technology integration (operationalized as the sophistication of students' technology use) in rural schools only. Regression results showed that attitudes, teachers' preparation for using technology, and the availability of technology had significant positive associations with technology integration, whereas the schools' remoteness and socioeconomic status did not have significant associations. Notably and in contrast to some recent reports, responses from a number of rural teachers indicated that their access to instructional technology continues to be limited and that their preparation for using technology has been inadequate to support the engagement of students with sophisticated technology applications. (Contains 1 table and 5 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Penn State University College of Education, Center on Rural Education and Communities. 310B Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802. Tel: 814-863-2031; Web site: http://www.jrre.psu.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10