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ICT in Education in Global ContextA Qualitative Case Study of Tablet Use in a High School in Turkey

ICT in Education in Global Context: A Qualitative Case Study of Tablet Use in a High School in... [Within the scope of FATIH project, tablet PCs have been distributed to teachers and students starting with pilot schools. The purpose of this study is to understand students’, teachers’, and administrators’ first-hand experiences on using tablet PCs at their schools from a qualitative paradigm. A total of 101 students, 13 teachers, and 4 administrators participated in this study. Data were gathered through interview forms. Three different interview forms, which contained 12 open-ended questions for students, 10 questions for teachers, and 8 questions for administrators are prepared. Participants were asked to fill the interview forms. Data analyzed by descriptive and content analysis. It was found that students preferred tablet use for entertainment, communication, and educational purposes. Teachers had doubts about the educational benefits of tablet PCs. Administrators faced mainly the technical problems. One reason of this result may be attributed to introducing two novelties (interactive boards and tablet PCs) at the same time. Second, when teachers and students made comments about their experiences, they mainly compared tablet PCs with interactive whiteboards. These experiences might lead us to conclude that if you put two novelties together into the system at the same time, it is possible that one will fall under the shadow of another and will be preferred more than the other. Thus, it can be suggested that in order to have successful ICT integration, novelties can be introduced into the system one by one but aligned with each other, and with the curriculum.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

ICT in Education in Global ContextA Qualitative Case Study of Tablet Use in a High School in Turkey

Part of the Lecture Notes in Educational Technology Book Series
Editors: Zhang, Jinbao; Yang, Junfeng; Chang, Maiga; Chang, Tingwen
Altun, Sadegül Akbaba; Ilgaz, Hale
ICT in Education in Global Context — Feb 20, 2016
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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
ISBN
978-981-10-0372-1
Pages
37 –51
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-0373-8_3
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Abstract

[Within the scope of FATIH project, tablet PCs have been distributed to teachers and students starting with pilot schools. The purpose of this study is to understand students’, teachers’, and administrators’ first-hand experiences on using tablet PCs at their schools from a qualitative paradigm. A total of 101 students, 13 teachers, and 4 administrators participated in this study. Data were gathered through interview forms. Three different interview forms, which contained 12 open-ended questions for students, 10 questions for teachers, and 8 questions for administrators are prepared. Participants were asked to fill the interview forms. Data analyzed by descriptive and content analysis. It was found that students preferred tablet use for entertainment, communication, and educational purposes. Teachers had doubts about the educational benefits of tablet PCs. Administrators faced mainly the technical problems. One reason of this result may be attributed to introducing two novelties (interactive boards and tablet PCs) at the same time. Second, when teachers and students made comments about their experiences, they mainly compared tablet PCs with interactive whiteboards. These experiences might lead us to conclude that if you put two novelties together into the system at the same time, it is possible that one will fall under the shadow of another and will be preferred more than the other. Thus, it can be suggested that in order to have successful ICT integration, novelties can be introduced into the system one by one but aligned with each other, and with the curriculum.]

Published: Feb 20, 2016

Keywords: Tablet PC; Teachers; Students; Administrators; Turkey

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