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ERIC Number: EJ1280857
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Feb
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0119-5646
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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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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