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Teachers' Change Readiness for the Adoption of Smartphone Technology: Personal Concerns and Technological Competency
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Al-Furaih, Suad A. A.; Al-Awidi, Hamed M. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2020
The current study investigated change readiness for smartphone technology among 610 secondary school teachers in Kuwait. We assessed teachers' readiness to adopt smartphones as instructional tools, with respect to their personal concerns, technological competency and personal characteristics. We implemented a quantitative survey design,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technology Integration, Handheld Devices, Technological Literacy
Tablet-Integrated Professional Development: Moving Teachers from Entry to Transformation
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Orange, Amy; Corbin, Linda; Willis, Jana M. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Classroom teachers are urged to seamlessly integrate technology in all subject areas in order to meet the needs of the learner and the rigor of standardized testing. This multiple case study examined the levels of integration and the individual experiences of four elementary writing teachers. Participants' Stages of Concern were described and…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Integration, Faculty Development, Technological Literacy
Teaching Online: Discovering Teacher Concerns
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Rakes, Glenda C.; Dunn, Karee E. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2015
Little is known about the degree to which teachers are interested in or value online K-12 education. This is an unfortunate gap in the literature, as online education has been and continues to be a swiftly growing component of the K-12 learning community. This exploratory study sought to measure K-12 preservice and inservice teacher concerns about…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
An Examination of U.S. Secondary Teachers' Concerns in Adopting Learning Management Systems
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Lochner, Bianca – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Teacher concerns play an important role in the adoption of new technologies in educational settings. The purpose of this nonexperimental, correlational study was to examine the type of concerns secondary teachers have regarding the adoption of a learning management system (LMS) using the concerns-based adoption model. A sample of 206 full-time…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Educational Technology, Correlation, Management Systems
Music Teachers' Experiences in One-to-One Computing Environments
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Dorfman, Jay – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2016
Ubiquitous computing scenarios such as the one-to-one model, in which every student is issued a device that is to be used across all subjects, have increased in popularity and have shown both positive and negative influences on education. Music teachers in schools that adopt one-to-one models may be inadequately equipped to integrate this kind of…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Music, Teaching Experience, Music Education
A Mixed Methods Analysis of a Single-Course Strategy to Integrate Technology into PETE
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Wyant, James D.; Jones, Emily M.; Bulger, Sean M. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
In recent years increased attention has been placed on physical education teachers' use of technology. To date little research has been disseminated regarding the strategies physical education teacher education (PETE) programs are employing to prepare preservice teacher's to use technology. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence a…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration