Question

Becker, h.j. (1993). how exemplary computer-using teachers differ from other teachers: implications for realizing the potential of computers in schools.journal of research on computing in education, 26, 291–321.

Answer 1

the teachers in the Bank Street study constituted a broad cross-section of teachers in different regions and demographic and socioeconomic climates, they were selected because they had reputations as expert computer-users. Such a design enables us to learn in detail about exemplary teachers, but makes it difficult to assess how exemplary teachers came to use computers differently from other teachers. It is not known whether the nominated expert teachers differed from others in terms of their personal background, their beliefs about and philosophy of education, or the characteristics of their work environment that may have fostered the growth of exemplary teaching practices. It is important to investigate these differences because they will help us understand the barriers that exist for extending the practices of exemplary teachers to others.