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Singaporean and Taiwanese pre-service teachers’ beliefs and their attitude towards ICT: A comparative study
Citation
Chai, C. S., Hong, H.-Y., & Teo, T. (2008). Singaporean and Taiwanese pre-service teachers’ beliefs and their attitude towards ICT: A comparative study. In T.-W. Chan, G. Biswas, F.-C. Chen, S. Chen, C. Chou, M. Jacobson, F. K. Kinshuk, C.-K. Looi, T. Mitrovic, R. Mizoguchi, K. Nakabayashi, P. Reimann, D. Suthers, S. Yang, & J.-C. Yang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computers in Education (pp. 865-869). Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education.
Author
Chai, Ching Sing
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Hong, Huang-Yao
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Teo, Timothy
Abstract
Teachers’ epistemological and pedagogical beliefs and their attitude about ICT are identified as the second-order barrier for the integration of ICT into classrooms. In this paper, we report the findings obtained from our recent survey and conducted among Singaporean and Taiwanese pre-service teachers (N=108). The results indicate that the teachers’ epistemological beliefs were generally relativistic. They were also inclined to believe rather strongly the constructivist notion of teaching. The profile we obtained in this study seems to suggest that pre-service teachers from Singapore and Taiwan are holding beliefs that are congruent to the education reform efforts. However, the teachers’ attitude about ICT use does not seem to relate to their epistemological and pedagogical beliefs. The findings suggest that further effort needs to be taken in order to foster more productive use of ICT to support constructivism-oriented teaching. These results need to be verified with further study.
Date Issued
2008
Description
This paper was presented at the 16th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2008), held in Taipei, Taiwan from 27 - 31 Oct 2008