Teachers’ use of technology and its influencing factors in Korean elementary schools
| Autor: | Won Sug Shin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Communication
media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Disposition The Republic Computer Science Applications Education ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Mathematics education Technology integration Aptitude Quality (business) Use of technology Psychology Information Systems media_common |
| Zdroj: | Technology, Pedagogy and Education. 24:461-476 |
| ISSN: | 1747-5139 1475-939X |
| Popis: | Until now, research on technology integration in K–12 settings focused on revealing factors that influence technology use in the classroom by teachers has not paid much attention to what teachers recognise and why they incorporate technology in the classroom. Thus, this study aims to investigate how teachers recognise important factors that influence quality technology integration and how teachers use technology in Korean schools, using closed- and open-ended items and verbatim quotes of teachers’ responses to a series of open-ended questions. The results indicate that teachers’ use of technology in practice is affected by the multidimensional characteristics of schools; hence, support of technology use therein should be improved. Teachers’ aptitude, disposition and attitudes toward technology are the most important factors for ICT-related instruction. Additionally, the answers given by the cohort to the open-ended questions help to explain the specific educational context in the Republic of Korea. Teache... |
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