Share Paper: Factors Influencing Pre-Service Teachers' Use of Technology on School Placement - Mind the Gap
Tuesday, March 27 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Edison Ballroom D
Abstract: This study explores the factors that influenced two groups of pre-service teachers' use of technology during their school placement experience, as part of their College of Education course. The study adopted a sequential explanatory mixed method design, and the results of 14 semi-structured interviews are reported. Personal technological confidence using technology at the time of entering college was not an indicator of use of technology during school placement. The results pointed to a complex and multifaceted interplay of external and internal factors that affected use of technology. These factors included the influence of the school, the mentor teacher, the placement ...