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

By Timothy Teo. 2008

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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.

Subfields: Education, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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In Education

1. Timothy Teo
2. Jo Tondeur
3. Johan van Braak
4. Martin Valcke
5. Chwee Beng Lee
6. Ching Sing Chai
7. Su Luan Wong
8. Guoyuan Sang

In Gender Studies

1. Jo Tondeur
2. Johan van Braak
3. Martin Valcke
4. Timothy Teo
5. Ching Sing Chai
6. Chwee Beng Lee
7. Su Luan Wong
8. Guoyuan Sang

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Jo Tondeur
2. Ching Sing Chai
3. Chwee Beng Lee
4. Su Luan Wong
5. Johan van Braak
6. Guoyuan Sang
7. Martin Valcke
8. Timothy Teo

Citations in the corpus

• Assessing the intention to use technology among pre-service teachers in Singapore and Malaysia: A multigroup invariance analysis of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (2009, background): “Recent studies employing the TAM as the framework have also showed perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use to be significant predictors of attitude towards technology use and intention to use (Cheung & Huang, 2002; Teo, 2008a; Teo, Lee, & Chai, 2008).”
• Student teachers' thinking processes and ICT integration: Predictors of prospective teaching behaviors with educational technology (2010, background): “This will allow them to gain competence and confidence in using computers for teaching and learning (Teo, 2008).”