Share Paper: Reconceptualising a good teacher in SMART education: A Foucauldian Critical Discourse Analysis

  1. Sejin Lee, Educational Research, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
  2. Kyungmee Lee, Educational Research, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Thursday, March 21 4:15-4:35 PM Wilshire B

Abstract: While using technology in the classroom has been taken for granted as ‘good thing’ or ‘smart thing’, improving students learning, many teacher educators have argued teachers need to develop technology-related professionality. Teachers have been trained to teach with technology for many years, but many teachers still seem to find the effective integration of technology in their teaching challenging and it is yet rare to see smart enough classroom practices. This research aims to understand, based on Foucault’s theoretical notions of ‘discourse’ and ‘power’, the formation of such a gap between the technology-focused educational claims and the actual reality of teachers’ ...