Computer-Supported Communities for Novice Teachers: Needs Assessment and Design

Retention of novice teachers is a problem for school districts. Teacher induction programs are beneficial in increasing retention, but these programs take time, a commodity in short supply among novice teachers. Computer-based support has been suggested as an alternative resource. This paper reports...

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Veröffentlicht in:Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004
Hauptverfasser: Colaric, Susan M, Stapleton, Joy
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Zusammenfassung:Retention of novice teachers is a problem for school districts. Teacher induction programs are beneficial in increasing retention, but these programs take time, a commodity in short supply among novice teachers. Computer-based support has been suggested as an alternative resource. This paper reports the findings of a survey among novice teachers in the rural south-eastern United States as part of a needs assessment for developing support tools and programs for this population.