Having Our Say: Middle Grade Student Perspectives on School, Technologies, and Academic Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Spires, Hiller A.; Lee, John K.; Turner, Kimberly A.; Johnson, Janet
Titel	Having Our Say: Middle Grade Student Perspectives on School, Technologies, and Academic Engagement
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 40 (2008) 4, S.497-515 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-1523
Schlagwörter	Focus Groups; Faculty Development; Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Student Attitudes; Middle School Students; Student Participation; School Attitudes; Surveys; Student Motivation; Access to Computers; Computer Literacy; Computer Software; Word Processing; Spreadsheets; Computer Graphics; Computer Mediated Communication; Leisure Time; Electronic Mail; Internet; Games; Rural Schools; Low Income Groups; Comparative Analysis; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Schülerverhalten; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schulische Motivation; Computerkenntnisse; Textverarbeitung; Spread sheet; Spredsheets; Spreadsheet; Tabellenkalkulation; Computergrafik; Computerkonferenz; Freizeit; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Growing consensus among policy makers and educators alike suggests that our education system must be transformed to address the needs of a global society as well as the needs of the 21st century student. Often overlooked as a resource, students can contribute a valuable perspective on education. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to learn from middle grades students, through surveys and focus groups, what engages them to achieve in school. The findings, which centered on student perspectives of school, uses of technologies in and out of school, and academic engagement, are viewed within the context of global changes and the new demands that this trend places on education. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10