What is the degree of teacher centrality in optimal teaching of digital literacy in a technology-enhanced environment? Typology of teacher prototypes

Yael Yondler, Ina Blau

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Abstract

This study explored the degree of teachers’ centrality in the classroom while developing digital literacies of their students and the pedagogical strategies which are employed by teachers in this process. We conducted a bottom-up analysis on 65 semi-structured interviews (n = 4372 statements) based on two conceptual frameworks: the Digital Literacy framework and the 5Cs framework with a nation-wide sample of elementary and secondary-teachers. The findings offer a typology of four teacher prototypes regarding the degree of their centrality in a technology-enhanced classroom and the mapped pedagogical strategies employed by each prototype. Based on bottom-up coding, the study expands the above-mentioned frameworks regarding re-production thinking, socio-emotional thinking, e-communication, and collaboration literacies. We discuss the implications for educational theory and practice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)230-251
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Research on Technology in Education
Volume55
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This paper presents partial results of the study that was supported by the Chief Scientist Foundation, Israeli Ministry of Education. The grant recipients are Prof. Ina Blau, Dr. Gal Ben-Yehudah, and Prof. Yoram Eshet-Alkalai. The grant recipients are thankful to all the post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and research assistants who worked on this project. The authors specially thank Ms. Orit Avdiel for contributing to the data analysis presented in this paper.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ISTE.

Keywords

  • Digital literacy skills
  • degree of teacher centrality in the classroom
  • e-collaboration
  • formative assessment in technology-enhanced learning
  • online communication
  • teacher prototypes

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