TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring potential uses of ICT in Chinese language arts instruction
T2 - Eight teachers' perspectives
AU - Lin, Janet Mei Chuen
AU - Lee, Greg C.
AU - Chen, Hsiu Yen
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan, the Republic of China, under grant numbers NSC 89-2511-S-003-027, NSC 89-2511-S-003-143 and NSC 90-2511-S-003-041. This paper is an expanded version of a conference paper entitled “ICT and Chinese Language Instruction: Eight Teachers’ Perspectives” that has been presented at the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE, 2002), held in Auckland, New Zealand on December 3–6, 2002.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - Eight experienced Chinese language arts teachers from a typical junior high school in Taiwan participated in this study to discuss the potential uses of information and communications technologies (ICT) in Chinese language arts instruction. After meeting for 12 roundtable sessions and using a web forum as a supplement for exchanging ideas, they proposed a list of instructional activities which they believe could be carried out more effectively with the help of ICT. These activities are presented under three categories: reading comprehension, writing skill development, and other teaching-related tasks. The teachers also emphasized the necessity for establishing a Chinese teachers' web site and they proposed a set of essential features to be included in it. To be able to implement the ICT-infused activities, the teachers made a number of suggestions regarding provision of adequate computing facilities and ICT training courses which they expected from the school administration.
AB - Eight experienced Chinese language arts teachers from a typical junior high school in Taiwan participated in this study to discuss the potential uses of information and communications technologies (ICT) in Chinese language arts instruction. After meeting for 12 roundtable sessions and using a web forum as a supplement for exchanging ideas, they proposed a list of instructional activities which they believe could be carried out more effectively with the help of ICT. These activities are presented under three categories: reading comprehension, writing skill development, and other teaching-related tasks. The teachers also emphasized the necessity for establishing a Chinese teachers' web site and they proposed a set of essential features to be included in it. To be able to implement the ICT-infused activities, the teachers made a number of suggestions regarding provision of adequate computing facilities and ICT training courses which they expected from the school administration.
KW - Applications in Chinese language arts
KW - Country-specific developments
KW - Improving classroom teaching
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U2 - 10.1016/S0360-1315(03)00068-X
DO - 10.1016/S0360-1315(03)00068-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0344062679
VL - 42
SP - 133
EP - 148
JO - Computers and Education
JF - Computers and Education
SN - 0360-1315
IS - 2
ER -