The Relevant Social Group Analysis of the SCOT Theory for Gender Differences among Teacher Education Students' Attitude towards Using the Internet for Their Learning Potentials

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Damanjeet; Sandhu, Sandeep Kaur
Titel	The Relevant Social Group Analysis of the SCOT Theory for Gender Differences among Teacher Education Students' Attitude towards Using the Internet for Their Learning Potentials
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 17 (2021) 4, S.81-92 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-0556
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Internet; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Social Influences; Foreign Countries; Technological Literacy; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Sozialer Einfluss; Ausland; Technisches Wissen; Indien
Abstract	Different societies and social groups use technologies and interpret the meaning of technology accordingly, depending on their interactions with the technology. The interpretations about the technology enable manufacturers to focus on the advantages/disadvantages of the technology that result in new and improved technology. An understanding of relevant social groups is essential to understanding a particular technology. The key requirement of relevant social groups is that all members of a certain social group have the same interpretation of an artifact. Thus the relevant social group factor of the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) theory was used to examine the relationship between gender differences and tertiary education students' attitude towards Internet use for their learning potential in this article. The quantitative research method was used in this study and a survey was employed for data collection process. The survey instrument was a partially adopted survey consisting of forty-six items. The sample consisted of 1092 tertiary education students from India and the results revealed a significant gender difference among tertiary education students in using the Internet for learning potentials. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology. University of the West Indies Open Campus, Cavehill, Bridgetown, Barbados, BB11000, West Indies. e-mail: chiefeditor-ijedict@open.uwi.edu; Web site: http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01