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Banegas, Dario Luis and Manzur Busleimán, Graciela I. (2014) Motivating factors in online language teacher education in southern Argentina. Computers & Education, Volume 76 . pp. 131-142. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2014.03.014 ISSN 0360-1315.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.03.014
Abstract
Online teacher education is of growing interest and so is the study of motivation as a key factor in technology-mediated learning environments. This study is based on a pre-service language teacher education programme in Patagonia, a southern Argentinian region with no face-to-face training offers, limited Internet access and a large number of unqualified teachers. Our goal is to broaden the understanding of online teacher education programmes at undergraduate level in contexts where most trainees are practicing teachers and where online education is the only possibility for holding a teaching qualification. We focused on the motivating factors that led 71 trainees to enrol and to remain in this online teacher training course. Through a mixed methods approach, the trainees completed an online survey (n = 71) and participated in a follow-up interview (n = 24). Results showed that obtaining a teaching degree, autonomy, and individual activities were key factors in initial and sustaining motivation. Participants' experiences challenged collaborative learning in an online environment.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Language teachers -- Training of -- Argentina -- Patagonia, Computer-assisted instruction -- Argentina -- Patagonia, Achievement motivation | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Computers & Education | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0360-1315 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | July 2014 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 76 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 131-142 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.03.014 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 December 2015 | ||||||||||
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