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Andrews UniversityDigital Commons @ Andrews UniversityDissertationsGraduate Research2008Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban PennsylvaniaH Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania HigHigh SchoolsBrenda M. FreemanFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertationsÒ* Part of the Educational Technology Commons, and the Secondary Education and Teaching CommonsRecommended CitationFreeman, Brenda M., "Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban P Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Higennsylvania High Schools’ (2008). Dissertations. 1703.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertatlons/1703This Dissertation is brought to you for frePerceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Hig
e and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorizAndrews UniversityDigital Commons @ Andrews UniversityDissertationsGraduate Research2008Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban PennsylvaniaH Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania HigY USE IN RURAL ANDURBAN PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOLSBrenda M. FreemanChair: James A. TuckerABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHDissertationAndrews University School of EducationTitle: PERCEPTIONS OF TECHNOLOGY USE IN RURAL AND URBAN PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOLSName of researcher: Brenda M. FreemanName an Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Higd degree of faculty chair: James A. Tucker, Ph.D.Date of completion: April 2008PurposePolicy makers are implementing standards and developing guidelinPerceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Hig
es for integrating technology into K-12 schools. With this in mind, the integration of technology into curriculum is an ever-growing point of discussiAndrews UniversityDigital Commons @ Andrews UniversityDissertationsGraduate Research2008Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban PennsylvaniaH Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Higther than trying to describe the impact of all technologies as if they were the same, this study focuses on the differences in the ways technologies are being used in the classroom as well as the role technology played in instruction. There is also a need to investigate whether or not student outcom Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Higes can vary significantly depending on the location of each identified school district. Rural areas tend to be sparsely settled. But does that remotenPerceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Hig
ess mean less availability of educationalresources? This qualitative case study attempted to answer the following research questions: (a) What arc theAndrews UniversityDigital Commons @ Andrews UniversityDissertationsGraduate Research2008Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban PennsylvaniaH Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Hignding the impact technology has on rural vs. urban high schools in Pennsylvania? and (c) Why do teachers use technology?MethodThis study analyzed the differences that exist in the way technology is being used and funded in rural and urban Pennsylvania high schools. The participants consist of eight Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Higcorc-subjcct high-school teachers, two administrators, two technology coordinators, and one curriculum coordinator from a rural and an urban PennsylvaPerceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Hig
nia high school.Classifications were determined by county population in order to select one rural and one urban liigh school. Purposive sampling was cAndrews UniversityDigital Commons @ Andrews UniversityDissertationsGraduate Research2008Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban PennsylvaniaH Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Higtion. Survey questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, and observation were used to collect data during site visitations conducted by the researcher. Exploration of Jerome Bruner’s Discovery Learning Theory and M. J. Carroll’s Minimalist Theory provided the theoretical framework for the study.Results Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania HigThe cross-case analysis of this study projected three distinct conclusions: (a) There is a belief that exists, in both the rural Pennsylvania high schPerceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania Hig
ool and the urban Pennsylvania high school, that technology is a necessary and critical component forAndrews UniversityDigital Commons @ Andrews UniversityDissertationsGraduate Research2008Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban PennsylvaniaHAndrews UniversityDigital Commons @ Andrews UniversityDissertationsGraduate Research2008Perceptions of Technology Use in Rural and Urban PennsylvaniaHGọi ngay
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