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RESEARCH PAPER
An Investigation of the Organizational Impact of Computer Technology in Secondary Science Classrooms
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University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Publication date: 2021-06-13
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2021;17(7):em1979
KEYWORDS
computer technologycommunities of practiceorganizational impactparticipationstructuresscience teacherstransformative potential
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the organizational impact of computer technology on four secondary
science teachers’ teaching actions using the construct of community of practice. The
organizational impact of computer technology refers to teachers’ styles and creativity in
constructing personally pertinent individual models of teaching when using computer technology:
social participation structures. Analysis of data (observations and interviews) revealed three social
participation structures that collectively orchestrated students’ science content learning: (1)
students’ membership, (2) access to the structured tasks, and (3) confirmation of students’
learning of science concepts. This study indicated that the transformative potential of computer
technology for teaching science is a complex interplay between social participation structures,
institutional context, and teachers’ knowledge of what is good practice.
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