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SUMMARY:Examining the professional identities of educational technology sp
 ecialists in schools - David Woo\, Faculty of Education\, University of Ca
 mbridge
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CONTACT:Ting Ding
DESCRIPTION:This research project explored the professional identities of 
 educational technology specialists in international schools in Hong Kong a
 nd Singapore. It developed three cases of these specialists. Three educati
 onal technology specialists and select\, instrumental colleagues comprised
  the sample. The study developed professional identity theoretical proposi
 tions on which interview questions and an analytical framework are based. 
 Data were collected by interviews\, observations and document analysis. \n
 \nThis research project identified several prominent individual qualities\
 , qualities in the work context and qualities in the global context\, all 
 of which impact the professional identities of the educational technology 
 specialists. It also identified the interplay between these qualities and 
 these specialists’ professional identities. This research project delive
 red practical knowledge of these specialists\, critical incidents of their
  professional identity negotiation\, and recommendations to better support
  these specialists in schools.\n\nThe educational technology specialists i
 n the study help teachers and other stakeholders in schools to use technol
 ogy to best support student learning. Most schools do not employ these pro
 fessionals. Employing a specialist may represent a shift in a school’s a
 wareness of technology in its teaching and learning. 
LOCATION:Room 2S7\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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