Teachers' Attitudes toward Web-Based Professional Development, with Relation to Internet Self-Efficacy and Beliefs about Web-Based Learning

Autor/inn/en	Kao, Chia-Pin; Tsai, Chin-Chung
Titel	Teachers' Attitudes toward Web-Based Professional Development, with Relation to Internet Self-Efficacy and Beliefs about Web-Based Learning
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 53 (2009) 1, S.66-73 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2008.12.019
Schlagwörter	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; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Web Based Training; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Unterrichtsmedien; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Testreliabilität; Prädiktor; Korrelation
Abstract	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.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10