A Review of Effective Digital Practices for Improving Literacy Instruction
Pang Sangho
Korea University
Korean Language Education Research Vol. 52 No. 5 pp.121-138 (2017)
Abstract
Pang, Sangho 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’ per- ceptions about effective practices are classified into six domains: (1) digi- tal discussions for constructing core knowledge, (2) digital teaching vid- eos 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, in- teractive literate environment, and (6) new, multimodal literacy practices and technology integration. This review concludes that, in digital envi- ronments, instructional practices based on a social constructive theory or student-centered models such as learning by doing, observing, and re- flection are perceived to be more effective than teacher-centered models by literacy teacher educators.
Keywords
Digital practicesLiteracy instructionLiteracy teacher educationPro-fessional development
