ERIC Number: EJ1468014
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7925
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3623
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Investigating U.S. and German Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs Regarding Digital Technology
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v55 n3 p421-439 2025
Based on different educational policies around the world, pre-service teachers are expected to use digital technology in their future teaching in school. However, to do this successfully, they need knowledge, skills and appropriate beliefs regarding utilising digital technology in learning scenarios. Thus, this study explores pre-service teachers' beliefs regarding current digital technologies in their learning and future teaching. 232 pre-service teachers from Germany and the US participated in the comparative study and responded to the Digital Technologies Survey. The results show that overall pre-service teachers' beliefs regarding digital technology in learning and teaching are on a moderate level. However, significant differences were seen between pre-service teachers from Germany and the US. For US pre-service teachers, digital technology seems more important and helpful for their current learning and future teaching than for German pre-service teachers. The same can be seen for self-assessed competence. The results and further implications are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cultural Differences, Technological Literacy, Self Efficacy, Value Judgment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Germany
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Author Affiliations: 1Institute for Chemistry, Physics, and Technology - Chemistry Education, Ludwigsburg University of Education, Ludwigsburg, Germany; 2College of Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA; 3Departement Chemistry - Chemistry Education, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany; 4Cato College of Education, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA