Teachers' perceptions of the barriers to technology integration and practices with technology under situated professional development

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1109-1121

  Kopcha, Theodore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Communities of practice; Mentoring; Situated professional development; Technology integration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; MENTORING; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION;

EDUCATION; INTEGRATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864048448     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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