It’s All about Personal Connections: Pre-Service English Teachers’ Experiences Engaging in Networked Learning

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Author(s): Luke Rodesiler (University of Florida, USA)and Lauren Tripp (University of Florida, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 18
Source title: Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vanessa P. Dennen (Florida State University, USA)and Jennifer B. Myers (Florida State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1815-2.ch011

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Social Networking

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Given the potential of informal online learning via social networks for supporting the career-long professional growth of in-service teachers, research must be conducted to better understand the ways in which today’s future teachers are being prepared for and experiencing such practice. This chapter presents the authors’ efforts to move in that direction, a qualitative study describing six pre-service secondary English language arts teachers’ perceptions of self-directed networked learning during a teaching internship. Findings suggest that participants perceived networked learning as a viable and valuable approach to supplementing professional growth despite also perceiving challenges in the form of context, identity, and time.

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