Adopting technology in schools: modelling, measuring and supporting knowledge appropriation
Open Access
- 11 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in European Journal of Teacher Education
- Vol. 45 (4), 548-571
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2021.1937113
Abstract
Integration of technology in schools rests on effective teacher education programmes that help teachers create new teaching and learning methods and adopt them for classroom use. Social learning processes play a key role in this, but there is a lack of understanding of their role in technology adoption and in evidencing them in teacher education programmes. Using the knowledge appropriation model, we propose a self-report questionnaire instrument to evidence knowledge creation and learning practices during training. With a sample of N = 109 in-service teachers participating in the Teacher Innovation Laboratory, a teacher professional development programme that is built around school−university co-creation partnerships, we demonstrate the instrument to be reliable and to differentiate between groups who completed different programmes. The instrument predicted intended adoption of technology-enhanced learning methods beyond individual level constructs, highlighting the important role that social practices play for the eventual adoption of technologies in the classroom.Keywords
Funding Information
- Horizon 2020 Framework programmeme (669074)
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