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A Review of Effective Digital Practices for Improving Literacy Instruction

Pang, Sang-Ho

충북대학교

Published: January 2017 · Vol. 52, No. 5 · pp. 121-138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20880/kler.2017.52.5.121

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Abstract

The purpose of this review is to investigate what digital practices are perceived as effective by literacy teacher educators. Specifically, this review addresses the following questions: (1) What digital practices are perceived to be effective by literacy teacher educators in their contexts; (2) how and why are those practices perceived to be effective; and (3) are there any patterns when comparing these practices across contexts? Eleven studies are reviewed. As a result, literacy teacher educators' perceptions about effective practices are classified into six domains: (1) digital discussions for constructing core knowledge, (2) digital teaching videos for comprehensive curriculum and evidence-based instruction, (3) online case studies for literacy assessment, evaluation, and data-driven decision making, (4) online networks and digital texts for diversity and social justice, (5) online dialogues for co-construction of a dynamic, interactive literate environment, and (6) new, multimodal literacy practices and technology integration. This review concludes that, in digital environments, instructional practices based on a social constructive theory or student-centered models such as learning by doing, observing, and reflection are perceived to be more effective than teacher-centered models by literacy teacher educators.
Keywords: Digital practicesLiteracy instructionLiteracy teacher educationProfessional development