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Teachers' Attitudes toward Web-Based Professional Development, with Relation to Internet Self-Efficacy and Beliefs about Web-Based Learning
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Kao, Chia-Pin; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Computers & Education, 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…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Web Based Instruction, Foreign Countries, Internet
Boys' and Girls' ICT Beliefs: Do Teachers Matter?
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Vekiri, Ioanna – Computers & Education, 2010
This exploratory study took place in the context of middle school information science in Greece, to examine possible relations between boys' and girls': value and efficacy beliefs about computers and information science; perceived parental support; perceived teacher expectations; and perceptions of the nature of information science instruction.…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Information Science, Foreign Countries
Exploring Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs about Using Web 2.0 Technologies in K-12 Classroom
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Sadaf, Ayesha; Newby, Timothy J.; Ertmer, Peggy A. – Computers & Education, 2012
This qualitative study explored pre-service teachers' behavioral, normative, and control beliefs regarding their intentions to use Web 2.0 technologies in their future classrooms. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was used as the theoretical framework (Ajzen, 1991) to understand these beliefs and pre-service teachers' intentions for why they…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Self Efficacy, Interviews, Social Influences
Identifying Discriminating Variables between Teachers Who Fully Integrate Computers and Teachers with Limited Integration
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Mueller, Julie; Wood, Eileen; Willoughby, Teena; Ross, Craig; Specht, Jacqueline – Computers & Education, 2008
Given the prevalence of computers in education today, it is critical to understand teachers' perspectives regarding computer integration in their classrooms. The current study surveyed a random sample of a heterogeneous group of 185 elementary and 204 secondary teachers in order to provide a comprehensive summary of teacher characteristics and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Computer Uses in Education, Discriminant Analysis, Technology Integration