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Electronic Concept Mapping as a Professional Development Focus for Health Sciences & Technology Academy (HSTA) Teacher-Participants
Principal Funding: Eisenhower Professional Development Program Grant, 1999 (EPDP-99-WVU-2)
Emphasis: Teacher Professional Development on Instructional Technology for Science Teaching
Principal Application of Inspiration: Electronic Concept Mapping
Applied Research, Case Study: Adoption of an Educational Innovation
Overview of Inspiration Software (http://www.inspiration.com)
Concept Map on the Nervous System created by HSTA teacher using Inspiration.
Overview of HSTA
University-Community Partnership: West Virginia University (WVU) and WV Communities
Long Range Goal of HSTA
More Immediate Goals Are to Increase in Students:
Capturing Student Interest and Commitment Is Real Challenge
Most Important Resource in this Endeavor: HSTA Teacher-Participants
Professional Development on Technology Tools (such as Inspiration) Address & Support:
Teachers’ Perceptions Preparedness to Utilize Educational Technology
Concept Map in Previous HSTA Teacher Development: 1996-98
HSTA Teachers’ Reflections on “Paper/Pencil” Cmap Use (Rye, 1998)
Concept Map as Versatile Science Education Tool: 1999
HSTA Teacher Participation in Grant was Optional:
Core Workshop on Concept mapping/Software:
Workshop Follow-up Support:
Participation: Core and Secondary Groups
Foci of Inquiry:
Foci of Inquiry (cont.)
Data Sources
Data Sources (cont.)
OHSR Survey Findings
Utility of Software (1-5 scale, 5 = a lot): Core HSTA Teachers’ (n = 19) Perceptions, Post-Core Workshop
Amount Learned from Science Projects : HSTA Students’ (n = 320) Perceptions, April HSTA Symposium
“Lesson Plan” Applications By Core Teacher Group
WebBoard Postings: Uses of Software
WebBoard Postings: Supporting Excerpts
WebBoard Posting Excerpts (cont.)
WebBoard Posting Excerpts (Threaded Discussion)(cont.)
WebBoard Postings: Some Emergent Categories/Typologies (Patton, 1990)
Robust Example of One Core Teacher’s Use of Software
Inservices Provided at Schools by Core Group of HSTA Teachers
Teachers Inserviced: Post-Inservice Perceptions
Core Teachers’ Reflections on Inservices
Eisenhower Participant Survey
Excerpt from Core Teacher's Reflection in Graduate Course Assignment
Supporting Correspondence for Proposal to Continue Funding
Assertion Emerging from All Data Sources
Continuation of Thrust
Select References
Select References (cont.)
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