Instructor and Student Classroom Interactions during Technology Skills Instruction for Facilitating Preservice Teachers' Computer Self-Efficacy

Technology skills instruction is an important component of educational technology courses, which has been shown to raise pre-service teachers' computer self-efficacy. Computer self-efficacy, in turn, is positively related to their self-efficacy for technology integration. Studies of undergradua...

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Published in:Journal of Educational Computing Research 2009-01, Vol.40 (2), p.211-228
Main Authors: Koh, Joyce H. L., Frick, Theodore W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classification
Classroom Environment
Computer Attitudes
Computer Science Education
Computer Software
Computer Uses in Education
Education Courses
Educational Technology
Guidelines
Internet
Interviews
Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice Teachers
Protocol Materials
Self Efficacy
Skill Development
Surveys
Teacher Educators
Teacher Student Relationship
Video Technology
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Summary:Technology skills instruction is an important component of educational technology courses, which has been shown to raise pre-service teachers' computer self-efficacy. Computer self-efficacy, in turn, is positively related to their self-efficacy for technology integration. Studies of undergraduate technology skills instruction found that classroom interactions between instructors and students can influence students' computer self-efficacy. These relationships are not well understood with respect to technology skills instruction of pre-service teachers as there is a dearth of such studies in teacher education literature. This study addressed the gap by analyzing video recordings of three educational technology classes to derive a taxonomy of classroom interactions that occur during technology skills instruction. Survey and interview data were further used to determine how these interaction categories influenced pre-service teachers' computer self-efficacy. Based on these findings, we offer guidelines for how teacher educators can foster pre-service teachers' computer self-efficacy through the process of technology skills instruction.
ISSN:0735-6331
1541-4140
DOI:10.2190/EC.40.2.d