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A Path Analysis of Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes to Computer Use: Applying and Extending the Technology Acceptance Model in an Educational Context
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Teo, Timothy – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine pre-service teachers' attitudes to computers. This study extends the technology acceptance model (TAM) framework by adding subjective norm, facilitating conditions, and technological complexity as external variables. Results show that the TAM and subjective norm, facilitating conditions, and technological…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Path Analysis, Student Teacher Attitudes, Technology Integration
Laptops in the K-12 Classrooms: Exploring Factors Impacting Instructional Use
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Inan, Fethi A.; Lowther, Deborah L. – Computers & Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting teachers' integration of laptops into classroom instruction. A research-based path model was tested based on data gathered from 379 K-12 school teachers to examine direct and indirect contributions of relevant institutional factors (overall support for school technology, technical support,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Readiness, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Investigating Models for Preservice Teachers' Use of Technology to Support Student-Centered Learning
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Chen, Rong-Ji – Computers & Education, 2010
The study addressed two limitations of previous research on factors related to teachers' integration of technology in their teaching. It attempted to test a structural equation model (SEM) of the relationships among a set of variables influencing preservice teachers' use of technology specifically to support student-centered learning. A review of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Educational Technology
Investigating Pre-Service Early Childhood Teachers' Views and Intentions about Integrating and Using Computers in Early Childhood Settings: Compilation of an Instrument
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Nikolopoulou, Kleopatra; Gialamas, Vasilis – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2009
This paper discusses the compilation of an instrument in order to investigate pre-service early childhood teachers' views and intentions about integrating and using computers in early childhood settings. For the purpose of this study a questionnaire was compiled and administered to 258 pre-service early childhood teachers (PECTs), in Greece. A…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Self Efficacy, Computer Uses in Education, Young Children
Which Factors Obstruct or Stimulate Teacher Educators to Use ICT Innovatively?
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Drent, Marjolein; Meelissen, Martina – Computers & Education, 2008
This article discusses the factors which stimulate or limit the innovative use of ICT by teacher educators in the Netherlands. Innovative use of ICT is defined as the use of ICT applications that support the educational objectives based on the needs of the current knowledge society. Explorative path analysis and case studies were used to study the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Path Analysis, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators
Investigating the Sources of Teachers' Instructional Technology Use through the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior
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Shiue, Ya-Ming – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
Based on the decomposed theory of planned behavior, this study used path analysis to examine the relative strength of the factors that influence teachers' use of instructional technology. The study focused on teachers' use of word processors, spreadsheets, presentation software, e-mail, and Web browsers. A path analysis was performed on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Path Analysis, Educational Technology, Courseware