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The Role of ICT in Early Childhood Education: Scale Development and Research on ICT Use and Influencing Factors
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Kerckaert, Stephanie; Vanderlinde, Ruben; van Braak, Johan – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Nowadays, more and more authors are convinced that ICT (information and communication technology) in early childhood education provides multiple possibilities for young children. The current study, conducted in Flanders, aims to get a clearer picture of ICT use in Flemish preschools. For this purpose, a questionnaire was composed consisting of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Influence of Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Influences
Predicting ICT Integration into Classroom Teaching in Chinese Primary Schools: Exploring the Complex Interplay of Teacher-Related Variables
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Sang, Guoyuan; Valcke, Martin; van Braak, Johan; Tondeur, Jo; Zhu, Chang – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
Available research has explored a wide variety of factors influencing information and communication technologies (ICT) adoption and integration in classroom teaching; however, existing research seldom centre on the combined impact of these variables. In addition, the little research available is set up in the Chinese context. The latter is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Practices, Educational Technology
Student Teachers' Thinking Processes and ICT Integration: Predictors of Prospective Teaching Behaviors with Educational Technology
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Sang, Guoyuan; Valcke, Martin; van Braak, Johan; Tondeur, Jo – Computers & Education, 2010
Student teachers should be prepared to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) into their future teaching and learning practices. Despite the increased availability and support for ICT integration, relatively few teachers intend to integrate ICT into their teaching activities (e.g., Ertmer, 2005). The available research has thus…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Path Analysis
Individual Characteristics Influencing Teachers' Class Use of Computers.
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van Braak, Johan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Describes a study of Belgian secondary school teachers that investigated the relationship between computer use in the classroom and influencing factors on an individual level. Considers age, gender, teaching a technology-related subject, computer attitudes, and innovativeness; and uses stepwise logistic regression to analyze the strongest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Explaining Different Types of Computer Use among Primary School Teachers
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van Braak, Johan; Tondeur, Jo; Valcke, Martin – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2004
In order to identify differences in determinants of supportive and class use of computers, path modelling was applied in a sample of 468 primary school teachers. Independent variables were categorised in three levels: demographics (age and gender), computer experience (computer training, computer experience expressed over time, intensity of…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Individual Differences, Age Differences, Gender Differences