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Technological Inequality In Education, Matthew Kleiman, Joan Rudel Weinreich
Technological Inequality In Education, Matthew Kleiman, Joan Rudel Weinreich
Essays in Education
This paper investigates the technological divide: that gulf that develops between rich and poor school-age children, and how they gain access to and utilize either effectively or not the wealth of information technology promises to provide. Inequality of educational opportunity has existed since the very first schools in the United States, when men like Horace Mann tried to level the information playing field with the common school and common library.
Teaching Abilities In Preservice Teacher Self-Ratings And Comparable Instructor Ratings, Feng Liu
Teaching Abilities In Preservice Teacher Self-Ratings And Comparable Instructor Ratings, Feng Liu
The Corinthian
The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations between preservice teachers' self-ratings of their technology skills and their self-ratings of other teaching skills. The data collected using questionnaires with a four-point Likert Scale were examined. Bivariate correlations were used comparing each competency with the technology competency. The correlation between 232 preservice teachers' self-ratings and their technology skills had statistical significance but were very low (r = .14 tor=. 20; the statistical significance level: .05). The skill rating that was most highly correlated to their technology skill was their ability to evaluate and find good teaching materials and resources …