Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes towards Computer Use: A Singapore Survey

Autor/in	Teo, Timothy
Titel	Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes towards Computer Use: A Singapore Survey
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24 (2008) 4, S.413-424 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Computer Attitudes; Computer Uses in Education; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Preservice Teachers; Surveys; Questionnaires; Higher Education; Information Technology; Singapore; Computer Attitude Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computernutzung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fragebogen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informationstechnologie; Singapur
Abstract	The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes towards use of computers among pre-service teachers. A sample of 139 pre-service teachers was assessed for their computer attitudes using a Likert type questionnaire with four factors: affect (liking), perceived usefulness, perceived control, and behavioural intention to use the computer. The results of this study showed no gender or age differences among pre-service teachers on computer attitudes. However, there were significant differences for computer attitudes by the subject areas that pre-service teachers had been trained during their university education: Humanities, Sciences, Languages and General (Primary). Correlation analyses revealed significant associations between years of computer use and level of confidence, and computer attitudes. Implications for teacher training and suggestions for further research are provided. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10