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The Perceptions Of High School Art Teachers On Their Experiences With Digital Art, Chris Akins
The Perceptions Of High School Art Teachers On Their Experiences With Digital Art, Chris Akins
Doctor of Education in Instructional Technology Dissertations
This phenomenographic study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of high school visual arts teachers on their experiences with digital art. It was conducted in the context of a growing creative industry in Georgia including professions that rely on technology to utilize and create digital art. The perceptions of seven high school visual arts teachers with varying experiences from two districts in Georgia were gathered using in-depth semi-structured interviews. The data collected from these interviews were interpreted to generate an outcome space that represented the voices of this group of participants. The outcome space of this study was arranged in …
The Evolving Roles Of School Librarians In Diverse Instructional Settings, Kay Wright
The Evolving Roles Of School Librarians In Diverse Instructional Settings, Kay Wright
Doctor of Education in Instructional Technology Dissertations
In 2020 and 2021, K-12 instructional settings diversified worldwide due to COVID-19 pandemic-response. During the 2021-2022 school year, a new instructional setting of K-12 remote-synchronous learning launched in a progressive, southeastern U.S. public school district. Substantial school district realignment occurred to serve this new setting; bypassed, however, was a dedicated school librarian position. Despite positive national impact data and the school library profession’s demonstrated ability since the mid-twentieth century to evolve, newly created positions have been funded nationally in schools to evolve with the times, often at the expense of school library positions. Role tensions may emerge between school librarians …