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formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education
JRTE, Volume 32, Number 4, Summer
2000
Effects of an Educational Computing Course on Preservice and Inservice
Teachers:
A Discussion and Analysis of Attitudes and Use
Soner Yildirim
Middle East Technical University
Abstract
This study examined the changes in preservice and
inservice
teachers’ attitudes toward computers
following their
participation in an educational computing class,
and it
explored the factors that contributed to their
computer
use. The study used data from 114 preservice and
inservice
teachers (83 female, 31 male) who attended a
university
in southern California. Results of doubly
multivariate repeated
measures indicated that teachers’ attitudes
(anxiety,
confidence, and liking) significantly improved
after the
computer literacy course. The follow-up study
indicated
that teachers’ prior computer experience
shaped their
expectations of the course. Teachers reported that
having
a home computer, a professor’s willingness to
teach,
and the current use of technology in the schools
at which
they work also influenced their attitudes toward
and use
of computers.
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Contributor
Soner Yildirim is an assistant professor of
instructional
technology at the Middle East Technical University
in Turkey.
He received his MA in educational systems
development in
from Michigan State University 1993 and his PhD in
instructional
technology from the University of Southern
California in
1997. His current research interests include
preservice
and inservice teacher education, integration of
technology
into preservice teacher education, and teaching
with technology.
He is also working for the Turkish Ministry of
National
Education as a consultant in the information
technology
component of the Eight-Year Compulsory Basic
Education Program,
partially financed by the World Bank.
Address: Dr. Soner Yildirim, Department of
Computer Education
& Instructional Technology, Middle East
Technical University,
06351 Ankara, Turkey; soner@metu.edu.tr.
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