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Understanding Interactive Whiteboard Pedagogy in Chinese Language Teaching

This research explores perceptions of interactive whiteboard pedagogy in Chinese language instruction. Results indicate collaborative, engaging learning with some students needing further support. Implications include the need for ongoing instructor development and student skill enhancement in dialogic intercultural inquiry.

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Understanding Interactive Whiteboard Pedagogy in Chinese Language Teaching

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  1. Perceptions of Interactive Whiteboard Pedagogy in the Teaching of Chinese Language Ericka Middleton May 16, 2011 EDET J780 Critique #1

  2. Moloney, R. & Xu, H. (2011). Perceptions of Interactive Whiteboard Pedagogy in the Teaching of Chinese Language. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 27(2), 307-325.

  3. Purpose • Research success rate relative to teaching and learning foreign languages.

  4. Who and Where • 18 student participants • 1 female teacher from Hong Kong with eight years experience • 2 researchers (trained language teachers) • Independent girls school located in Sydney, Australia

  5. Methodology • Classroom Observation • Student Survey • Focus Group Interview • Teacher Interview

  6. Results • Learning is: collaborative and co-constructive, motivating and engaging • Visually advantageous • Teachers attitude played a large part in adaptation to technology

  7. Implications • Small subject sample

  8. Limitations and Further Research • Some students perception of communicative skills on IWB stole their confidence. • Older students didn’t take this form of learning seriously • The age range created limitations (older-didn’t like and younger-loved it) • Further professional development for the instructor • Further development skills for the students in dialogic intercultural enquiry

  9. Critique • Well written and organized • True results in the form of tables and graphs • Great job of incorporating previous observations and claims about the topic

  10. Conclusion • Valuable study with quantitative and qualitative data that helps us understand effective teaching and learning • Framework to an information resource that is relatively new but rapidly being implemented into schools internationally. • Interactive pedagogy incorporated into the learning

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