Digital Technology, Schools and Teachers' Workplace Learning Policy, Practice and Identity /

• Main Author: Phillips, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Digital Education and Learning
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Educational sociology.; Teaching.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Technology and Digital Education.; Educational Technology.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Sociology of Education.

This book advances an alternative reading of the social, political and cultural issues surrounding schools and technology and develops a comprehensive overview of the interplay between policy, practice and identity in school workplaces. It explores how digital technologies have become an integral el...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Contextualising the Use of Digital
• Chapter 2. Workplace Learning, Policy and Practice: Connecting Community, Practice and Teachers' Identities
• Chapter 3. Studying a School and its Teachers
• Chapter 4. The Complexity of Community: The Influence of Old, New and Liminal Members in a Team
• Chapter 5. Leading Teachers' Technology Use: The Influence of Perceived Power and Authority on Digitial Practices
• Chapter 6. Dispelling the Myth of Teachers' Consensual and Coherent Use of Technology: Discussion, Deliberation and Dispute
• Chapter 7. Teachers and Technology: Looking Forward. .