Journal Article

Approaches to ICT-enhanced teaching in technical and vocational education: a phenomenographic perspective

Markauskaite, Lina, Khan, Md. Shahadat Hossain

2017

Overview

This paper presents the results of a study undertaken from a phenomenographic perspective, which examines teachers' approaches to information communication technology (ICT)-enhanced teaching in vocational tertiary education. Twenty-three teachers from three Australian Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews about their ways of experiencing the use of ICT in various vocational courses. The findings revealed two strategies with five main orientations to ICT-enhanced teaching distributed along a continuum from teacher-focused approaches: comprising information-oriented, feedback-oriented and practice-oriented to student-focused approaches: consisting of activity-oriented and industry-oriented teaching. The identified strategies and orientations extend the frameworks of teachers' approaches to ICT-enhanced teaching revealed in the previous phenomenographic studies in tertiary education. The paper discusses theoretical and practical implications of these findings for TAFE sector and tertiary education in general. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).

• Publisher: Springer,Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Active Learning / Adult Education / Adult Learning / Ausland / Australien / Blended Learning / Business / Classroom communication / Classroom techniques / Collaboration / Communication / Communications technology / Comparative analysis / Concept Teaching / Continuing education / Distance learning / Education / Educational research / Educational Strategies / Face to face education / Feedback / Feedback (Response) / Foreign Countries / Higher Education / ICT in education / Information Technology / Instructional Improvement / Intention / Interviews / Knowledge / Learning / Learning Processes / Lehre / Methods / Online instruction / Online learning / Online teaching / Pedagogical Content Knowledge / Phenomenography / Phenomenological research / Phenomenology / Postsecondary Education / Prior Learning / Semi Structured Interviews / Student / Student Centered Learning / Students / Studium / TAFE / TAFE students / TAFE teachers / Teacher Attitudes / Teacher competencies / Teacher effectiveness / Teachers / Teaching / Teaching methods / Technical Education / Technology integration / Technology Uses in Education / Thinking Skills / Vocational Education / Vocational education and training