Sage without a Stage: Expanding the Object of Teaching in a Web-Based, High-School Classroom
This paper reports on a study that uses cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) to make sense of e-teachers’ activity in a context of high-school distance education. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews with 13 e-teachers as well as seven management and support personnel in an orga...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:80d071d9b3a3428f8c286a648551dc05 2023-05-15T17:22:10+02:00 Sage without a Stage: Expanding the Object of Teaching in a Web-Based, High-School Classroom Elizabeth Murphy Maria A. Rodriguez-Manzanares 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/80d071d9b3a3428f8c286a648551dc05 EN eng Athabasca University Press http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/579/1266 https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 1492-3831 https://doaj.org/article/80d071d9b3a3428f8c286a648551dc05 International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2009) Online learning e-teaching high school cultural historical activity theory expansive learning Special aspects of education LC8-6691 article 2009 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T11:32:14Z This paper reports on a study that uses cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) to make sense of e-teachers’ activity in a context of high-school distance education. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews with 13 e-teachers as well as seven management and support personnel in an organization responsible for the design and delivery of high-school distance education in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As well, the authors conducted a second round of interviews with 12 of the 13 teachers. Findings revealed that the traditional metaphor of teacher as ‘sage on the stage’ ceased to have a reference point in the distributed online classroom. The e-teachers were widening the object of their activity to include less teacher-centered forms of learning that involved more student independence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Newfoundland Canada |
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This paper reports on a study that uses cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) to make sense of e-teachers’ activity in a context of high-school distance education. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews with 13 e-teachers as well as seven management and support personnel in an organization responsible for the design and delivery of high-school distance education in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As well, the authors conducted a second round of interviews with 12 of the 13 teachers. Findings revealed that the traditional metaphor of teacher as ‘sage on the stage’ ceased to have a reference point in the distributed online classroom. The e-teachers were widening the object of their activity to include less teacher-centered forms of learning that involved more student independence. |
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