Web-Searching to Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators' Conceptions and Approaches

This study was conducted to explore the relationships between pre-school educators' conceptions of and approaches to learning by web-searching through Internet Self-efficacy. Based on data from 242 pre-school educators who had prior experience of participating in web-searching in Taiwan for pat...

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Published in:Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Science and Technology Education, 2017-06, Vol.13 (6), p.2039
Main Authors: Kao, Chia-Pin, Chien, Hui-Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Distance learning
Early childhood education
Educational objectives
Educational Technology
Foreign Countries
Information Seeking
Internet
Online Searching
Preschool education
Preschool Teachers
Self Efficacy
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher education
Teaching
Technology Integration
Technology Uses in Education
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Summary:This study was conducted to explore the relationships between pre-school educators' conceptions of and approaches to learning by web-searching through Internet Self-efficacy. Based on data from 242 pre-school educators who had prior experience of participating in web-searching in Taiwan for path analyses, it was found in this study that conceptions of learning by web-searching play a major role in approaches to learning without Internet Self-efficacy (ISE). The results indicated that preschool educators' Internet self-efficacy was the significant moderator of their conceptions of and approaches to learning by web searching. Thus, this result suggests that improving preschool educators' ability to use the Internet as well as their use of relevant web-based tools may increase their approaches to learning by web-searching, which may in turn strengthen their learning performances in Internet-based environments.
ISSN:1305-8223
1305-8215
1305-8223
DOI:10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a