A Study of the Attitudes of University of North Carolina Education Faculty Toward the Use of Computer-Based Simulation in Pre-service Teacher Education Methods Courses

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Englebert, M. (2010). A Study of the Attitudes of University of North Carolina Education Faculty Toward the Use of Computer-Based Simulation in Pre-service Teacher Education Methods Courses. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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ABSTRACTMARY F. ENGLEBERT: A study of the attitudes of University of North Carolina education faculty toward the use of computer-based simulation in pre-service teacher education methods courses. (Under the direction of DR. JOHN GRETES) The use of computer-based classroom teaching simulations has proved to be a very effective methodology for training pre-service teachers. Despite wide adoption of this instructional methodology in Australia, South Korea, and other countries; however, education faculty in the United States have been slow to adopt it. To date no research has been discovered that establishes a cause for this reluctance. Since attitudes impact behavior, this study sought to discover whether the age, tenure status, or Carnegie Classification of university was associated with the attitude toward computer-based classroom teaching simulations of education faculty who teach instructional methods courses in the University of North Carolina constituent universities. The study used descriptive and inferential statistics to determine that no association appears to exist between these characteristics, common to all of the faculty in the study, and the attitudes held by the faculty toward adopting computer-based classroom teaching simulation as an instructional methodology.

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Author

Englebert, Mary

Title

A Study of the Attitudes of University of North Carolina Education Faculty Toward the Use of Computer-Based Simulation in Pre-service Teacher Education Methods Courses

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1 online resource (123 pages) : PDF

Date

2010

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

ABSTRACTMARY F. ENGLEBERT: A study of the attitudes of University of North Carolina education faculty toward the use of computer-based simulation in pre-service teacher education methods courses. (Under the direction of DR. JOHN GRETES) The use of computer-based classroom teaching simulations has proved to be a very effective methodology for training pre-service teachers. Despite wide adoption of this instructional methodology in Australia, South Korea, and other countries; however, education faculty in the United States have been slow to adopt it. To date no research has been discovered that establishes a cause for this reluctance. Since attitudes impact behavior, this study sought to discover whether the age, tenure status, or Carnegie Classification of university was associated with the attitude toward computer-based classroom teaching simulations of education faculty who teach instructional methods courses in the University of North Carolina constituent universities. The study used descriptive and inferential statistics to determine that no association appears to exist between these characteristics, common to all of the faculty in the study, and the attitudes held by the faculty toward adopting computer-based classroom teaching simulation as an instructional methodology.

Genre

doctoral dissertations

Subjects--Topics

Education, Higher
Teachers--Training of
Educational technology

Degree

D.Ed.

Keywords

Faculty
Simulations
Teacher Education
Technology

Subject Area

Educational Leadership

Advisor(s)

Gretes, John

Committee Members

Wang, Chuang
Jones, Jeanneine
Richard, Hartshorne

Degree Note

Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2010.

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