ERIC Number: EJ1460515
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2357
EISSN: EISSN-1573-7608
Available Date: 2024-07-05
Factors That Predict Teachers' Intentions to Utilize Emerging Technologies: An Investigation Using PLS-SEM
Education and Information Technologies, v30 n2 p1589-1606 2025
Emerging technologies in education, such as wearable devices, tangible user interfaces, virtual reality, augmented reality, and robotics can support learners' motivations, achievement, engagement, and collaboration skills. However, knowledge of teachers' intentions to adopt and utilize emerging technologies are limited. In this study, a path analysis was conducted of the factors (attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) that contributed to K-12 teachers' intentions to adopt and emerging technologies in their classrooms. Teachers in the United States (N = 296) in K-12 education settings completed a survey grounded in the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB). A path analysis (utilizing partial least squares structural equation modeling) indicated the antecedents to behavior: (a) teachers' subjective norms (peers and superiors) and (b) attitude (compatibility and perceived usefulness) were most influential to predict behavioral intentions to adopt and use emerging technologies. Implications for educational researchers, teacher educators, instructional designers, and school administrators are provided to contextualize the findings.
Descriptors: Influences, Intention, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes, Behavior Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Central Florida, Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology, Orlando, USA; 2University of Central Florida, Department of Learning Sciences and Educational Research, Orlando, USA