Using technology to promote student learning? An analysis of pre- and in-service teachers’ lesson plans

Technology may promote student engagement in high-level learning processes the classroom. Yet, whether teachers really exploit technology’s potential to support depends on their expertise. The authors compared pre-service and technology-experienced in-service teachers’ reasoning about technology-enhanced lessons by means of lesson plans. assumed that plans would target more activities than those teachers. They asked N = 134 plan an ideal classroom lesson. were requested report types they have students engage in, both during non-technology-enhanced activities. As assumed, likely include higher-level However, found no differences for Based these findings further qualitative analyses, implications curriculum design are drawn.