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“Boys And Girls Are The Same”: Gender Perceptions In Using Computers In The Classroom, N. F. Johnson
“Boys And Girls Are The Same”: Gender Perceptions In Using Computers In The Classroom, N. F. Johnson
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
The New Zealand government has increasingly promoted computer use within schools, through policy, and through the provision of computers and professional development, amongst other initiatives. These trends seen in New Zealand are similar to those seen in other developed countries. Differences have been reported in girls’ and boys’ attitudes towards, experience with, amount of use, type of use, and interest in computers. The research reported here examined two senior primary school classrooms for evidence of these previously documented gender differences. This empirical study found few differences between girls’ and boys’ use of computers; however, perceptions of computer expertise were gendered. …
The Self-Monitoring Of Expert Sport Instructors, Paul G. Schempp, Bryan A. Mccullick, Christopher Busch, Collin A. Webster, Ilse Sannen Mason
The Self-Monitoring Of Expert Sport Instructors, Paul G. Schempp, Bryan A. Mccullick, Christopher Busch, Collin A. Webster, Ilse Sannen Mason
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
This study identified the major facets of professional practice monitored by expert teachers. Specifically, the skills and knowledge expert sport instructors regularly scrutinized in order to improve their teaching and coaching were categorized and examined. Data were collected from 31 teachers listed by Golf Magazine as the Top 100 Golf Instructors in America. The teachers listed aspects of their teaching they regularly monitored in assessing their own strengths and weaknesses. Data were analyzed in three steps. First, responses were reviewed to identify the characteristics monitored by the teachers. Second, characteristics grouped under each theme were reviewed and clustered into representative …