Teachers' attitudes toward information and communication technologies: the case of Syrian EFL teachers
Teachers' attitudes toward information and communication technologies: the case of Syrian EFL teachers
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DOI：
10.1016/j.compedu.2004.10.013
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
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12
通讯作者：
Albirini, Abdulkafi
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作者：
Albirini, Abdulkafi
基于叙利亚教育中的新技术倡议，本研究探讨了叙利亚高中英语作为外语（EFL）教师对ICT的态度。此外，本研究还调查了计算机态度与计算机属性、文化认知、计算机能力、计算机访问和个人特征（包括计算机培训背景）五个自变量之间的关系。研究结果表明，教师对教育中的信息通信技术持积极态度。计算机属性、文化认知和计算机能力可以预测教师的态度。研究结果指出，教师对技术本身的看法、他们对技术的体验，以及围绕技术引入学校的文化条件，在塑造他们对技术的态度及其随后在教育实践中的传播方面，都是非常重要的。(c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
Based on the new technology initiative in Syrian education, this study explored the attitudes of high school English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Syria toward ICT. In addition, the study investigated the relationship between computer attitudes and five independent variables: computer attributes, cultural perceptions, computer competence, computer access, and personal characteristics (including computer training background). The findings suggest that teachers have positive attitudes toward ICT in education. Teachers' attitudes were predicted by computer attributes, cultural perceptions and computer competence. The results point to the importance of teachers' vision of technology itself, their experiences with it, and the cultural conditions that surround its introduction into schools in shaping their attitudes toward technology and its subsequent diffusion in their educational practice. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.