ERIC Number: EJ836748
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Aug
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
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Teachers' Attitudes toward Web-Based Professional Development, with Relation to Internet Self-Efficacy and Beliefs about Web-Based Learning
Kao, Chia-Pin; Tsai, Chin-Chung
Computers & Education, v53 n1 p66-73 Aug 2009
This study was conducted to explore the relationships between teachers' Internet self-efficacy, beliefs about web-based learning and attitudes toward web-based professional development. The sample of this study included 421 teachers, coming from 20 elementary schools in Taiwan. The three instruments used to assess teachers' Internet self-efficacy (ISS), beliefs about web-based learning (BWL), and attitudes toward web-based professional development (AWPD) revealed high reliability. In this study, the results supported that teachers' Internet self-efficacy and beliefs about web-based learning were important predictors of their attitudes toward web-based professional development. The belief for the positive consequences of web-based learning is very important for the favorable attitudes toward web-based professional development. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Web Based Instruction, Foreign Countries, Internet, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Test Reliability, Predictor Variables, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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