Coppola, Eileen M.

Powering up : learning to teach well with technology / Eileen M. Coppola ; foreword by Richard F. Elmore. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2004. - xvi, 189 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176) and index.

Computers, pedagogy, and school reform : relationships and intersections -- Learning to teach with technology : five narratives -- Teacher learning and organizational culture : implications for leadership and policy.

Publisher description: This in-depth study of a computer-using school analyzes the relationships among teachers' knowledge, their ongoing learning, school organizational culture, and policy to understand how the school developed high-quality use of computers. The author traces the experiences of five teachers in a large public high school who have all used technology to augment core elements of their teaching, with particular attention to the use of computers for constructivist teaching.

0807744952 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807744980 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004051650


Computer-assisted instruction--Case studies.
Education--Curricula--Data processing--Case studies.
Educational technology--Case studies.

LB1028.5 / .C628 2004