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Teachers’ Perspectives Of Instructing Elementary Students In Reading, Catrina Cooper
Teachers’ Perspectives Of Instructing Elementary Students In Reading, Catrina Cooper
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In a Midwestern, urban, elementary school, a problem is teachers are struggling to support the instructional needs of the students with limited resources and training opportunities. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine the perspectives of reading teachers in Grades 3 to 5 about the challenges with meeting the instructional needs of the elementary students at the target site. Gagne’s theory of the conditions for learning and Tomlinson’s theory of differentiated instruction comprised the conceptual framework. Data for this study were collected from semistructured interviews with 10 teachers in Grades 3 to 5 who currently teach or …
Secondary Educator Experiences Managing Digital Resources, Cameron Sharbel Mckinley
Secondary Educator Experiences Managing Digital Resources, Cameron Sharbel Mckinley
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Secondary teachers use digital resources for teaching, yet little is known about how they find, evaluate, organize, and share these resources. This basic qualitative study was conducted to fill the gap and examine the experiences and practices of secondary educators in curating digital resources. Findings on how teachers manage digital information, strategies used, and necessary supports may aid in creating targeted professional development (PD) for teaching in face to face and blended environments. A conceptual framework based on Mishra's and Kohler’s technological pedagogical content knowledge theory and Siemens’ connectivism guided the research and informed the data analysis. The experiences of …