Relationship between pre-service and practising teachers' confidence and beliefs about using ICT
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Paper/Presentation Title | Relationship between pre-service and practising teachers' confidence and beliefs about using ICT |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Jamieson-Proctor, Romina (Author) and Finger, Glenn (Author) |
Editors | Holland, Mark and Williams, Michelle |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Australian Educational Computing, v. 21 (2) |
Australian Educational Computing | |
Journal Citation | 21 (2), pp. 25-33 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2006 |
Publisher | Australian Council for Computers in Education |
Place of Publication | Canberra, Australia |
ISSN | 0816-9020 |
1443-833X | |
Conference/Event | 2006 Australian Computers in Education Conference: It's Up Here for Thinking! (ACEC 2006) |
Event Details | 2006 Australian Computers in Education Conference: It's Up Here for Thinking! (ACEC 2006) Parent Australian Computers in Education Conference Event Date 02 to end of 04 Oct 2006 Event Location Cairns, Australia |
Abstract | ICT curriculum integration is the apparent goal of an extensive array of ICT initiatives in all Australian states and territories. However, the reported impact of ICT use by teachers on learning and teaching is by no means consistent. Explanations offered for this in the literature include the influence of teacher confidence and expertise, and teacher beliefs about the potential for ICT to make a difference to student learning, as well as issues around teacher professional development, school technological infrastructure and technical support along with the need for leadership. This paper re-analyses data sets from two previously unlinked studies to investigate the relationship between pre-service and practising teachers’ confidence in using ICT with students and beliefs about the extent to which computers can improve student learning outcomes. The results show that differences between male and female teachers in their confidence to use ICT with students are not a reflection of undergraduate teacher beliefs about computers. Gender differences would appear to emerge post-graduation. The results from this study warrant further investigation into why female teachers are less confident than their male colleagues and therefore why their students use ICT less frequently than students of more confident male teachers. Given that70% of the teaching workforce in Queensland state schools is female, this has major implications for student use of ICT. |
Keywords | ICT; information communication technologies; teachers; confidence; beliefs |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390405. Educational technology and computing | |
461002. Human information behaviour | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Griffith University |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0z77/relationship-between-pre-service-and-practising-teachers-confidence-and-beliefs-about-using-ict
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