'Someone Else in the Universe Is Trying to Teach You': Teachers' Experiences with Platformized Instruction

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Title: 'Someone Else in the Universe Is Trying to Teach You': Teachers' Experiences with Platformized Instruction
Language: English
Authors: Sarah Schneider Kavanagh (ORCID 0000-0002-6645-3542), Tess Bernhard, Lynsey K. Gibbons
Source: Learning, Media and Technology. 2025 50(2):112-128.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Attitude Change, Interaction, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2024.2337396
ISSN: 1743-9884
1743-9892
Abstract: This article examines how teachers at one elementary school made sense of their instructional practice after their school adopted a personalized learning platform for teaching mathematics. Data includes interviews (n = 21) with 12 teachers and administrators as well as recordings of 18 hours of professional learning sessions. The study investigates how teachers' perceptions of their instructional practice shifted as their interactions with students became increasingly mediated by platforms. Findings illuminate how platformization invited digitally mediated surveillance into the classroom and how this surveillance impacted teachers' perceptions of their relationships with students and with content. The authors offer a framework of platformized instruction to guide research on teaching the digital era.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1475577
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article examines how teachers at one elementary school made sense of their instructional practice after their school adopted a personalized learning platform for teaching mathematics. Data includes interviews (n = 21) with 12 teachers and administrators as well as recordings of 18 hours of professional learning sessions. The study investigates how teachers' perceptions of their instructional practice shifted as their interactions with students became increasingly mediated by platforms. Findings illuminate how platformization invited digitally mediated surveillance into the classroom and how this surveillance impacted teachers' perceptions of their relationships with students and with content. The authors offer a framework of platformized instruction to guide research on teaching the digital era.
ISSN:1743-9884
1743-9892
DOI:10.1080/17439884.2024.2337396