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ERIC Number: EJ1226372
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1090-1027
EISSN: N/A
Technology Acceptance in Context: Preschool Teachers' Integration of a Technology-Based Early Language and Literacy Curriculum
Xie, Kui; Vongkulluksn, Vanessa W.; Justice, Laura M.; Logan, Jessica A. R.
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, v40 n3 p275-295 2019
This study examined how preschool teachers' perception of technology usability and associated beliefs about technology integration influence the way they integrate a technology-based, early language and literacy curriculum, RIA-Mobile. Through multiple regression and path analysis, results showed that technology usability was a key variable that contextualizes how teachers view RIA-Mobile, and is a more proximal predictor of teachers' perceptions of the technology's usefulness and ease of use compared to teachers' general technology preference. Perceptions of RIA-Mobile's usefulness and ease of use in turn influence the way teachers integrate the tool in the classroom and their intention to use it in the future. Results from this study suggest that effective teacher technology learning programs should focus on improving teachers' perceptions and involvement with specific technology tools they can use in their context-specific classrooms.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A150274