Capturing knowledge from the minds of teachers to understand teachers reasoning with information and communication technology

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Smart, Vicky Lee
Sim, Cheryl Rae
Year published
2012
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Visual knowledge mapping diagrams or concept maps are pictorial tools used to organise and present knowledge. They include descriptions of concepts with linking lines as a representation of the relationships between the concepts. Concept maps have been used as part of a current study examining teachers' pedagogical reasoning around the inclusion of information and communication technology (ICT). As one method to capture teachers' reasoning, teachers have been asked to construct a concept map to explain their thinking and decision making when including ICT in the teaching. For this research concept maps have been used ...
View more >Visual knowledge mapping diagrams or concept maps are pictorial tools used to organise and present knowledge. They include descriptions of concepts with linking lines as a representation of the relationships between the concepts. Concept maps have been used as part of a current study examining teachers' pedagogical reasoning around the inclusion of information and communication technology (ICT). As one method to capture teachers' reasoning, teachers have been asked to construct a concept map to explain their thinking and decision making when including ICT in the teaching. For this research concept maps have been used as a data gathering tool to provide clarity in identifying the key concepts of teachers' reasoning in planning to use ICT in their classroom. This paper will briefly provide an overview of the literature around concept mapping as a research tool, and examine the value as a data source for accessing the thinking behind teacher's decision making to use ICT.
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View more >Visual knowledge mapping diagrams or concept maps are pictorial tools used to organise and present knowledge. They include descriptions of concepts with linking lines as a representation of the relationships between the concepts. Concept maps have been used as part of a current study examining teachers' pedagogical reasoning around the inclusion of information and communication technology (ICT). As one method to capture teachers' reasoning, teachers have been asked to construct a concept map to explain their thinking and decision making when including ICT in the teaching. For this research concept maps have been used as a data gathering tool to provide clarity in identifying the key concepts of teachers' reasoning in planning to use ICT in their classroom. This paper will briefly provide an overview of the literature around concept mapping as a research tool, and examine the value as a data source for accessing the thinking behind teacher's decision making to use ICT.
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Proceedings of the 2012 joint International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA)
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© The Author(s) 2012. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the authors.
Subject
Educational Technology and Computing
Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators