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Investigating In-Service Foreign Language Teachers' Beliefs about Using Information and Communication Technology
Chen, Xi; Shu, Dingfang; Zhu, Yan
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, v30 n1 p59-70 Feb 2021
This study investigates foreign language teachers' beliefs about information and communication technology (ICT) and factors contributing to their belief formation through in-depth interviews with eight teachers and the principal of a public primary school. The participants held overall slightly positive attitudes towards the effectiveness of ICT in English education but believed it played only a subsidiary role in their pedagogical practices and professional development. Elementary English teachers' ICT-related beliefs were shaped by individual-, institutional-, and policy-level factors. The study extends belief-related components of the technology acceptance model (TAM) by clarifying the external variables into three-level factors. The results suggest the need for in-service teacher education programmes and joint efforts from individual teachers, school management, and government authorities catering to teachers' ICT beliefs.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Inservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Institutional Characteristics, Information Technology, Instructional Effectiveness, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Public Schools, Individual Characteristics, Educational Policy, Technology Integration
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Education Level: Elementary Education
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