Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education
2003 Volume 3, Number 2
Editors
Glen L. Bull; Lynn Bell; Chrystalla Mouza
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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The use of the Texas Instruments 73 Calculator in an Elementary and Middle School Pre-service Teacher Education Course
Angela Walmsley, Maryville University, United States
Faced with a group of students who had very little training in calculator or technology use in a department where technology had not been a primary focus in mathematics or teacher training, the... More
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Integrating Calculator Technology in an Elementary and Middle School Preservice Teacher Program: A Personal Journey
Angela L. E. Walmsley, Saint Louis University, United States
Faced with a group of preservice teachers who had very little training in calculator or technology use in a department where technology had not been a primary focus in mathematics or teacher... More
pp. 116-127
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The Environmental Thematic Methods Block: A Model for Technology Immersion
Tim Slekar, Penn State Altoona, United States; Andrea Lachance & Beth Shiner Klein, SUNY Cortland, United States; Karl W. Klein, Onondaga Community College, United States
Imagine, small groups of fourth graders are scattered about the natural area adjacent to the playground of Aldo Leopold Elementary School located in a small town in upstate New York (see Figure 1).... More
pp. 128-145
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The Dilemma of Teacher Training
Alfred Bork, University of California, United States
"Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a great deal on where you want to go to," said the Cat. "I don't much care, where," said Alice. "Then us doesn't matter ... More
pp. 172-189
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Position Paper for the Catalyst Leadership Retreat, November 2002
Glen Bull, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, United States; Elizabeth Byrom, Niki Davis, Don Knezek, Bob McLaughlin & Ann Thompson, United States
The Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) program was designed to prepare teachers to teach and learn effectively with technology. The PT3 program has enabled more than a third of... More
pp. 190-204
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Using Technology to Spark Reform in Preservice Education
Marcie J. Bober, San Diego State University, United States
Preservice education is in the midst of a long-awaited and muchneeded renewal, spurred by reform at the national, state, and local levels and the availability of funds to jump-start curricular... More
pp. 205-222
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Using Inquiry Empowering Technologies to Support Prospective Teachers’ Scientific Inquiry and Science Learning
Patricia Friedrichsen, University of Missouri-Columbia, United States; Danusa Munford, The Pennsylvania State University, United States; Carla Zembal-Saul
The Inquiry Empowering Technologies for Supporting Scientific Inquiry course was designed to engage prospective teachers, as science learners, in developing their understandings about and... More
pp. 223-239
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The Computer in School: Tutor, Tool, Tutee
Robert P. Taylor, II, Columbia University Teachers College, United States
FOR THE FORESEEABLE future, computing will play an increasingly important role in human learning. However, no one yet knows exactly how great that role will eventually be, or precisely what form it... More
pp. 240-252
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Reflections on The Computer in the School
Robert P. Taylor, II, Columbia University Teachers College, United States
Twenty-three years ago, when I put together the 1980 book, The Computer in the School, personal computers were just making their debut. Figure 1 shows a photo from the the book of a kindergartner... More
pp. 253-274
