Investigating computer-supported collaborative learning and critical inquiry : a case study of the seeds of possibility--integrating information and communication technologies project in the two-year elementary teacher education program at the University of British Columbia

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The central question in this thesis is: what were, if any, the relations, tensions, and
contradictions that occurred when critical inquiry and Computer-Supported Collaborative
Learning (CSCL) were introduced to enhance Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) literacy in the Two-Year Elementary Teacher Education Program
(TYETEP) course of study at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The study was
guided methodologically using discourse analysis and case study and it was focused on
the development of (ICT) literacy within two core courses (Principles o f Teaching and
Communication). The data were analyzed in light of contemporary educational issues
identified from the overall teacher education program at U B C and a literature review of
ICT perspectives, practices, and policies within Canada, British Columbia, and more
generally North America.
The preliminary findings were based on empirical research I collected and
indicated that collaborative learning, critical inquiry and the concept of learning spaces
were enhanced when ICT was integrated into the TYETEP. Some social and
infrastructure problems were found as tensions during the program. Insufficient ICT hard
infrastructure as well as teachers' and students' low attitude towards the integration of
ICT were found to contradict the literature review. This thesis reports on one line of
research from a more comprehensive research project called "Seeds of Possibility:
Integration Information and Communication Technologies." Seeds of Possibility was a
pilot program with a research objective that examined how over the course of several
years' teacher education students can enhance their ICT literacy and fluency as they
engage in using ICT through their program. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/16956
Date	11 1900
Creators	Zhang, Tianyi
Source Sets	University of British Columbia
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Text, Thesis/Dissertation
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