The Audacity to Teach with Technology – A Case of Integrating Technology in Pre-service Language Teacher Education

Integrating technology in ELT as a means to enhance language teaching presupposes that teachers have acquired necessary technology skills. In pre-service teacher education often the acquisition of technology skills takes place independent of other content making it rather difficult for students to p...

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Published in:Croatian Journal of Education - Hrvatski časopis za odgoj i obrazovanje
Main Authors: Cindrić, Ivana, Gregurić, Marko
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Croatian
Published: Faculty of teacher education 2019
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ELT
Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/220704
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The Audacity to Teach with Technology – A Case of Integrating Technology in Pre-service Language Teacher Education
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description Integrating technology in ELT as a means to enhance language teaching presupposes that teachers have acquired necessary technology skills. In pre-service teacher education often the acquisition of technology skills takes place independent of other content making it rather difficult for students to perceive how technology can be applied in other areas or how they can experience the benefits of its integration. Consequently, for in-service teachers, the integration of technology in their work depends on their knowledge of technology, knowledge of how to integrate it in language teaching, their confidence, motivation, enthusiasm, and opportunity to do so given the pressure of reaching learning outcomes within a limited time. The paper presents an action research focusing on the integration of technology in pre-service language teacher education. The driving force of action research is the need to improve teaching in three areas: (1) enrichment of course syllabus with technology; (2) student acquisition of technology skills; (3) the possibility of collaborative interdisciplinary team teaching at university level. In addition to reaching the intended aims in each segment of the intervention, the outcome of this action research is the widening of the project to include others affected by the practice, i.e. students themselves, their peers, and consequently their future students and their colleagues. Integracija tehnologije u nastavu engleskoga jezika (ELT), kao sredstva poboljšavanja poučavanja nastave jezika, predmnijeva da su nastavnici već usvojili neophodne tehnološke vještine. Često se, tijekom obrazovanja budućih učitelja, usvajanje tehnoloških znanja i vještina odvija neovisno i nepovezano s drugim sadržajima. Studentima, na taj način, postaje prilično složeno shvatiti moguću primjenu naučenoga u drugim područjima i uvidjeti koja je potencijalna koristi od takvog oblika integracije. Posljedično, integracija tehnologije u nastavi ovisi o razini tehnološkog znanja učitelja, o znanju na koje je načine moguće tehnologiju integrirati u poučavanje jezika, o samopouzdanju učitelja, njihovoj motivaciji, entuzijazmu i mogućnostima da to provedu, s obzirom na pritisak koji imaju, ostvarujući u zadanom vremenu propisane obrazovne ishode. Rad predstavlja akcijsko istraživanje usmjereno prema integraciji tehnologije u nastavu stranoga jezika s budućim učiteljima. Motiv akcijskog istraživanja bila je potreba za unapređenjem poučavanja u tri područja: (1) obogaćivanje predmetnog silaba uvođenjem tehnologije; (2) studentsko usvajanje tehnoloških vještina; (3) mogućnost suradničkog, interdisciplinarnog poučavanja u paru na sveučilišnoj razini. Uz ostvarivanje zacrtanih ciljeva u svakome od područja u kojima smo ovim akcijskim istraživanjem intervenirali, rezultat je i širenje projekta uključivanjem svih koji su bili obuhvaćeni praksom kao što su sami studenti, njihovi kolegice i kolege, a posljedično i njihovi budući učenici.
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spelling fthrcak:oai:hrcak.srce.hr:220704 2023-05-15T18:14:02+02:00 The Audacity to Teach with Technology – A Case of Integrating Technology in Pre-service Language Teacher Education Odvažnost poučavanja tehnologijom – Integracija tehnologije u obrazovanje budućih učitelja stranoga jezika u primarnome obrazovanju Cindrić, Ivana Gregurić, Marko 2019 application/pdf https://hrcak.srce.hr/220704 https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/322220 https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/322546 eng hrv eng hrv Faculty of teacher education info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.15516/cje.v21i1.3339 https://hrcak.srce.hr/220704 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess SUBSCRIPTION Annual subscription is 483 kunas without Special Edition issues The price for a single copy is 126 kunas SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT FOR KUNAS CAN BE MADE TO IBAN HR9124020061100639639, SWIFT ESBCHR22 credit reference number 6611180 The Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb with a note: Subscription to Croatian Journal of Education PAYMENTS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY (EURO) Annual print edition subscription € 65 The price of a single print copy € 20 Payable to: Sveuciliste u Zagrebu Uciteljski fakultet Savska cesta 77 Zagreb SWIFT: ESBCHR22 IBAN: HR9124020061100639639 with the note: subscription to Croatian Journal of Education Croatian Journal of Education : Hrvatski časopis za odgoj i obrazovanje ISSN 1848-5189 (Print) ISSN 1848-5197 (Online) Volume 21 Issue 1 action research ELT team teaching TPACK akcijsko istraživanje poučavanje u paru text info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 fthrcak https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v21i1.3339 2019-06-12T23:01:15Z Integrating technology in ELT as a means to enhance language teaching presupposes that teachers have acquired necessary technology skills. In pre-service teacher education often the acquisition of technology skills takes place independent of other content making it rather difficult for students to perceive how technology can be applied in other areas or how they can experience the benefits of its integration. Consequently, for in-service teachers, the integration of technology in their work depends on their knowledge of technology, knowledge of how to integrate it in language teaching, their confidence, motivation, enthusiasm, and opportunity to do so given the pressure of reaching learning outcomes within a limited time. The paper presents an action research focusing on the integration of technology in pre-service language teacher education. The driving force of action research is the need to improve teaching in three areas: (1) enrichment of course syllabus with technology; (2) student acquisition of technology skills; (3) the possibility of collaborative interdisciplinary team teaching at university level. In addition to reaching the intended aims in each segment of the intervention, the outcome of this action research is the widening of the project to include others affected by the practice, i.e. students themselves, their peers, and consequently their future students and their colleagues. Integracija tehnologije u nastavu engleskoga jezika (ELT), kao sredstva poboljšavanja poučavanja nastave jezika, predmnijeva da su nastavnici već usvojili neophodne tehnološke vještine. Često se, tijekom obrazovanja budućih učitelja, usvajanje tehnoloških znanja i vještina odvija neovisno i nepovezano s drugim sadržajima. Studentima, na taj način, postaje prilično složeno shvatiti moguću primjenu naučenoga u drugim područjima i uvidjeti koja je potencijalna koristi od takvog oblika integracije. Posljedično, integracija tehnologije u nastavi ovisi o razini tehnološkog znanja učitelja, o znanju na koje je načine moguće tehnologiju integrirati u poučavanje jezika, o samopouzdanju učitelja, njihovoj motivaciji, entuzijazmu i mogućnostima da to provedu, s obzirom na pritisak koji imaju, ostvarujući u zadanom vremenu propisane obrazovne ishode. Rad predstavlja akcijsko istraživanje usmjereno prema integraciji tehnologije u nastavu stranoga jezika s budućim učiteljima. Motiv akcijskog istraživanja bila je potreba za unapređenjem poučavanja u tri područja: (1) obogaćivanje predmetnog silaba uvođenjem tehnologije; (2) studentsko usvajanje tehnoloških vještina; (3) mogućnost suradničkog, interdisciplinarnog poučavanja u paru na sveučilišnoj razini. Uz ostvarivanje zacrtanih ciljeva u svakome od područja u kojima smo ovim akcijskim istraživanjem intervenirali, rezultat je i širenje projekta uključivanjem svih koji su bili obuhvaćeni praksom kao što su sami studenti, njihovi kolegice i kolege, a posljedično i njihovi budući učenici. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Hrčak - Portal of scientific journals of Croatia Croatian Journal of Education - Hrvatski časopis za odgoj i obrazovanje 21 1