Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching [electronic resource] : The Case of Interactive Whiteboards for EFL in French Schools /
Whyte, S.author.
Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching takes a case study approach to investigate the integration of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) into the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in French schools. The study highlights the advantages of collaborative action research for stimulating and supporting language teachers in innovative experimentation, and seeks to enhance our understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in this process. Utilising a framework which can inform further research into innovative practices with other interactive technologies, this book offers a research design and instruments suitable for assessing classroom adoption of the IWB. In this way, the study provides insights into general processes of technological innovation in language teaching and learning which is of relevance to further research and teacher development in today's new learning environments.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Researching Innovative Language Teaching; 1 Innovation in Language Teaching: Pedagogical and Technological Dimensions; 1.1 Language teaching and learning theory; 1.1.1 From grammar-translation to communicativeteaching: behaviourist and cognitivist learning theories; 1.1.2 Communicative and task- based languageteaching: constructivist and socio- constructivist approaches; 1.1.3 Implications for today's language teachers
1.2 Teacher beliefs: teacher efficacy and teacher cognition1.2.1 Teacher efficacy; 1.2.2 Teacher cognition; 1.3 Technology integration and IWB research; 1.3.1 Technology integration; 1.3.2 The IWB in educational settings; 1.3.3 IWB- mediated language teaching; 1.3.4 Developmental frameworks for teaching with the IWB; 1.3.5 Professional development for IWB-supported teaching; 1.4 Summary of background literature; 2 Collaborative Action Research and Communities of Practice; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 Collaborative action research; 2.3 Method; 2.3.1 Participants and teaching contexts
2.3.2 Data collection2.3.3 Participant training; 2.3.4 Filming; 2.3.5 Interviews; 2.3.5.1 Learner focus group interviews; 2.3.5.2 Video-stimulated recall interviews with teachers; 2.3.5.3 Teacher focus group discussions; 2.3.6 Questionnaires; 2.3.6.1 Pre- and post-training questionnaires; 2.3.6.2 Reactions to project video clips; 2.3.6.3 iTILT website pilot questionnaire; 2.3.7 Summary of collaborative action research; 2.4 Community of practice; 2.4.1 Situated learning; 2.4.2 iTILT Google+ circle; 2.5 Research questions; Part II: Teacher Beliefs: Researching Views and Supporting Change
3 Techno-Pedagogical Choices in IWB-Mediated Teaching Activities3.1 Overview of analysis; 3.2 Technical exploitation of the IWB: access and tools; 3.2.1 Access to the IWB: teachers or learners?; 3.2.1.1 Coding framework; 3.2.1.2 Results; 3.2.1.2.1 Overall results; 3.2.1.2.2 Results by educational sector; 3.2.2 IWB tools and features: objects and actions; 3.2.2.1 Coding framework; 3.2.2.2 Results; 3.2.2.2.1 Overall results; 3.2.2.2.2 Results by educational sector; 3.2.3 Summary of findings with respect to technical use of IWB; 3.3 Pedagogical exploitation of the IWB: objectives and activities
3.3.1 Teaching objectives: language skills and subskills3.3.1.1 Coding framework; 3.3.1.2 Results; 3.3.1.2.1 Overall results; 3.3.1.2.2 Results by educational sector; 3.3.2 IWB-mediated activities: tasks versus pedagogical exercises; 3.3.2.1 Coding framework; 3.3.2.2 Results; 3.3.3 Summary of findings with respect to pedagogical exploitation of the IWB; 3.4 Summary; 4 Explaining Innovative Experimentation: Teacher Beliefs, Goals and Competences; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 Perceptions of IWB-mediated teaching practice; 4.2.1 Initial impressions: reactions to first round of video clips
4.2.2 Second impressions: reactions to second round of video clips
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching takes a case study approach to investigate the integration of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) into the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in French schools. The study highlights the advantages of collaborative action research for stimulating and supporting language teachers in innovative experimentation, and seeks to enhance our understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in this process. Utilising a framework which can inform further research into innovative practices with other interactive technologies, this book offers a research design and instruments suitable for assessing classroom adoption of the IWB. In this way, the study provides insights into general processes of technological innovation in language teaching and learning which is of relevance to further research and teacher development in today's new learning environments.
Language and languages-Study and teaching.
Language and education.
Language policy.
Educational technology.
Teaching.
Language Teaching.
Language Education.
Language Policy and Planning.
Technology and Digital Education.
Teaching and Teacher Education.