technology use in middle school social studies classes
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Hawaii International Conference on Education H. Jurgen Combs , Ed. D. Professor, School of Education & Human Development Shenandoah University. Technology use in Middle School Social Studies Classes. Agenda. Purpose of study Demographics of teachers Technology use - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Hawaii International Conference on EducationH. Jurgen Combs, Ed. D.
Professor, School of Education & Human Development
Shenandoah University
Technology use in Middle School Social Studies Classes
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Agenda Purpose of study Demographics of teachers Technology use Why should this be of concern? Summary of findings
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Age and Characteristics of County and Teachers
Table 1Licens
e other than social studie
s
Non-traditio
nal entry
Male
Female
Ethnicity
Asian Black
Native American/other
Caucasian
Hispanic
Other
Middle School
31% 27% 39% 55% 0% 1% 0% 98% 0% * 0% *
High School
10% 32% 61% 45% 2% 9% 2% 88% 0% * 0% *
Age & Race Characteristics of County 5% 7% 5% 78% 6% 5%
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Teaching Social Studies but not licensed
Table 2 – Teaching Social Studies but not licensed in Social Studies
SCHOOL DIVISION IN
STUDY
NATIONAL *
TRADITIONAL
NON-TRADITI
ONAL
1987-1988
1999-2000
Middle School
30% 33% 61% 51%
High School
10% 13% 41% 39%
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Technology Use by Students as Part of Instruction
0%
10%20%
30%40%
50%60%
70%
MULTI -MEDIA
WEB PAGES
WORD PROCESSING
SPREADSHEET
DATABASES
PRESENTATION PROGRAMSINTERNET
Type of Technology
% U
sing
NEVERYEARLYMONTHLYWEEKLYDAILY
Tech use
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Teacher’s Use
0%10%20%30%40%50%
% O
f Use
Frequency
Teacher Use of Technology
COMPUTERS
WORD PROCESSING
SPREADSHEET
DATABASES
PRESENTATION PROGRAMS
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Experience & Tech UseYears of Experience 0-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 16+Frequency of UseNever 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%Yearly 24.1% 24.1% 10.3% 0.0% 0.0% 41.4%Monthly 22.2% 33.3% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 22.2%Weekly 42.9% 35.7% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 7.1%Daily 7.7% 30.8% 15.4% 7.7% 7.7% 30.8%
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Tech use by degreeTechnology Use by Degree
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
BA MA/ED
Degree
Freq
uenc
y of
Use
Frequently
Infrequently/Never
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Traditional v non traditional
Daily/weekly Monthly/yearly NeverTraditional 35% 64% 0%Non-traditional
36% 45% 18%
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Why tech is not usedCategory of teacher
Lack internet access
Lack software
Lack sufficient knowledge
Lack administrative support
Lack good hardware
Lack student interest
Lack knowledge of software
Lack support of colleages
Traditional20% 20% 18% 2% 27% 4% 4% 4%
Untraditional30% 0 0 0 60% 10% 0 0
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Hours of Prof development
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Is there a value to tech use? Social Studies teachers are probably least
likely to use technology Excellent for writing process Tech can be used to make the complexity of
social studies more manageable Most strongly felt in area of student
motivation Can help level the playing field with ever
increasing diversity
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Thus in conclusion: The use of technology in social studies is still
limited. Teachers tend to use technology most for their
own purposes/needs. Novice teachers tend to use technology more
than experienced teachers. There was no significant difference between
teachers with grad & under grad degree in tech use.
Non-traditionally prepared teachers tend to use tech less than traditionally prepared teachers.
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