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Title:
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TEACHER PERCEPTION OF HANDHELD TECHNOLOGY: PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES |
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Author(s):
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Louise Mifsud , Ole Smørdal |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-15-1 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Handheld devices, perception, pedagogical affordances, pedagogical classroom practice |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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302 |
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Last Page:
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307 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Many children already have access to a number of handheld and mobile devices for private use. However, this mobile
trend does not appear to be reflected in the school. There are many barriers and triggers for such use, and in this paper we
focus on the teachers perception of mobile technology and its affordances for pedagogical practices and activities in the
classroom. We emphasise the relationship between teachers perception and pedagogical practices as seen through ontask
activies. This paper is based on classroom observations, informal conversations and interviews with teachers in two
classroom settings, one in the US and one in Norway. We use a tools/signs dichotomy as a conceptualisation of how the
teachers perceive how the mobile devices mediate the pedagogical practices. |
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