ERIC Number: EJ1078247
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Sep-10
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The Relationship between Primary School Teacher Candidates' Tendency for Lifelong Learning and Their Perceptions of Computer Self-Efficacy
Isik, Ayse Derya
Educational Research and Reviews, v10 n17 p2512-2523 Sep 2015
This study determines the relationship between primary school teacher candidates' lifelong learning tendency and their perceptions of computer self-efficacy. The research was carried out with 92 undergraduate teachers studying at Bartin University of Teacher Education Faculty, in 2014-2015 academic year. In this study, personal information questionnaire, Lifelong Learning Trends Scale developed by Diker (2009) and Computer Self- Efficacy Scale developed by Askar and Umay were used to collect data. At the end of the research, the teacher candidates' desire for life-long learning and perception level of computer self-efficacy, motivation and perseverance dimension scores, desires to obtain post-graduate education, deprivation size and being happy studying primary teaching education varied. The students' scores of computer self-efficacy scale, motivation and persistence size scores had moderate significant and positive relationship; while deprivation of learning regulation scores had a non-significant relationship with computer self-efficacy scale.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Lifelong Learning, Computer Literacy, Self Efficacy, Questionnaires, Self Concept Measures, Statistical Analysis, Student Motivation, Academic Persistence, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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