Share Paper: Pre-Service Teachers’ Intention in Using Technology in Their Future Classrooms

  1. Kun Li, Ohio University, United States
  2. Jamie Smith, Ohio University, United States
  3. Teresa Franklin, Ohio University, United States
Tuesday, March 26 3:05-3:25 PM Salon 825

Abstract: Abstract: Pre-service teachers’ intention in using technology in their future classrooms is critical to their actual technology usage according to the Theory of Planned Behavior. Based on the theory and literature, whether pre-service teachers’ perceive technology applications in education is important, how competent they are in their technology capabilities, how easy they think using technology in classrooms, and how much control they believe they have when incorporating technology in their future classrooms are all important to their intention in using technology in the future. This paper describes a quantitative study in which the relationships between all the significant factors that ...