ERIC Number: EJ823137
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Feb
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
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Modelling Technology Acceptance in Education: A Study of Pre-Service Teachers
Teo, Timothy
Computers & Education, v52 n2 p302-312 Feb 2009
The purpose of the study is to build a model that predicts the level of technology acceptance by pre-service teachers at a teacher training institute in Singapore. It examines relationships among variables associated with factors that influence technology acceptance. Data was collected from 475 participants using a survey questionnaire. Employing structural equation modelling, a hypothesized model was tested for model fit in the study. The resulting model is found to have a good fit. Perceived usefulness, attitude towards computer use, and computer self-efficacy have direct effect on pre-service teachers' technology acceptance, whereas perceived ease of use, technological complexity, and facilitating conditions affect technology acceptance indirectly. These six variables account for approximately 27.1% of the variance of behavioural intention. Perceived usefulness appeared to the strongest determinant of behavioural intention. (Contains 7 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Intention, Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Preservice Teachers, Student Surveys, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Adoption (Ideas), Goodness of Fit, Preservice Teacher Education
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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: Singapore
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