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Abstract
Factors Influencing the Introduction of IT into K-12 Classrooms
Track: Higher Education
Author(s): Robert Bednarz, Sarah Bednarz, Andrew Klein
This paper reports on an assessment of the factors that facilitate or hinder the introduction of IT, specifically GIS and remote sensing, into the K-12 science curriculum. Both teacher and environmental, or institutional, characteristics are analyzed. The teachers whose classrooms are examined are participants in a multiyear, NSF-funded project whose goal is to produce a cadre of science educators capable of using IT effectively. Although teachers from several subject areas are part of the program, this paper concentrates on the experiences of the geosciences group.
Robert Bednarz
Texas A&M University
r-bednarz@tamu.edu
MS 3147
College Station , TX 77843-3147
USA
Phone: 979 845 7187
Fax: 979 862 4487
E-mail: r-bednarz@tamu.edu
Sarah Bednarz
Texas A&M University
Geography
O&M 810
MS 3147
College Station , TX 77843-3147
USA
Phone: 979-845-1579
Fax: 979-862-4487
E-mail: s-bednarz@tamu.edu
Andrew Klein
Texas A&M University
Geography
MS 3147
College Station , TX 77843-3147
USA
Phone: 979-845-7141
Fax: 979-862-4487
E-mail: klein@geog.tamu.edu