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ICT skills learning strategies and histories of trainee teachers
Author(s) -
Taylor L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2002.00012.x
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , psychology , repertoire , set (abstract data type) , action research , mathematics education , experiential learning , pedagogy , medical education , computer science , medicine , physics , world wide web , acoustics , programming language
As yet, there is only a small volume of research on how trainee teachers develop their personal ICT skills. This paper reports the findings of a one‐year action research study which explored in detail the processes by which a cohort of postgraduate teacher trainees learned these skills. Learning histories before the course were found to be complex and varied. Trainees reported that they consciously drew on a repertoire of learning strategies whilst developing their skills, and a set of factors including previous experience, match of learning opportunities with preferences and software attributes affected a successful learning outcome. An initial model of the learning process was completely revised to reflect the findings. Implications of this research for those working with trainees or other adults who are developing their ICT skills are suggested