Graduate Studies
Essayons: French as a Second Language Teacher Beliefs and Experiences of Technology-Enhanced Practices
Abstract
dc:description.abstractWhile past research has identified the importance of teacher beliefs in informing practice, fewer studies have investigated the context of Canadian French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers in recent years (Lapkin, Mady, & Arnott, 2009; Lawrence, 2014). By considering how practicing FSL teachers in Alberta experience the integration of technology in second language learning, I sought to contribute a current understanding of these influences. Through an interpretive lens, I explored the context of four FSL teachers in an urban school board in southern Alberta. In an instrumental multicase study, qualitative data were collected through semistructured individual interviews, and analyzed using simultaneous thematic coding. The participants’ responses revealed that while current trends in technology integration seem to align well with these teachers’ beliefs, numerous barriers, including the treatment and status of FSL programs in the board, were seen as ongoing challenges in enacting their vision for their professional practice.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Educational Research
- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Graduate Studies
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2017
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Smith, Cameron
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Roy, Sylvie
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Roessingh, Hetty
- Brown, Barbara
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/3683