Student teachers and their attitudes towards ICT

This paper explores the attitudes that student teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain convey to digital technologies in formal educational settings as they start the 1st semester. A number of studies look at educational inclinations and employment of digital technologies (Granić & Marangunić, 201...

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Autores principales: Patrick Camilleri, Bård Ketil Engen, Ove Edvard Hatlevik, Juan Carlos Colomer Rubio, Héctor Hernández Gassó
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Publicado: Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6a81ecc9ddd9451e872b95c0677667d62021-12-01T13:43:58ZStudent teachers and their attitudes towards ICT10.7577/njcie.42072535-4051https://doaj.org/article/6a81ecc9ddd9451e872b95c0677667d62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/nordiccie/article/view/4207https://doaj.org/toc/2535-4051 This paper explores the attitudes that student teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain convey to digital technologies in formal educational settings as they start the 1st semester. A number of studies look at educational inclinations and employment of digital technologies (Granić & Marangunić, 2019; Ritter, 2017; Scherer & Teo, 2019). We have chosen to examine student teachers’ attitudes towards the professional use of digital technologies within a pedagogical framework. In this respect, a comparative qualitative analysis of one open-ended question that forms part of a more extensive questionnaire distributed to all participants is considered. The employed analytical lens subsequently centres on four concepts: ‘adaptability’, ‘creativity’, ‘critical thinking’, and ‘understanding of technology’. In this regard, our findings support arguments for asserting ‘attitude’ as a kind of teacher-specific digital competence for guiding their practice. We conclude by suggesting our analytical framework as a potential point of initiation for further development to understand attitudes as forming part of teachers’ specific digital competencies within teacher education and professional practice. Patrick CamilleriBård Ketil EngenOve Edvard HatlevikJuan Carlos Colomer RubioHéctor Hernández GassóOslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciencesarticleattitudesinitial teacher educationprofessional digital competencestudent teacherstechnology integrationEducation (General)L7-991ENNONordic Journal of Comparative and International Education, Vol 5, Iss 4 (2021)
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NO
topic attitudes
initial teacher education
professional digital competence
student teachers
technology integration
Education (General)
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spellingShingle attitudes
initial teacher education
professional digital competence
student teachers
technology integration
Education (General)
L7-991
Patrick Camilleri
Bård Ketil Engen
Ove Edvard Hatlevik
Juan Carlos Colomer Rubio
Héctor Hernández Gassó
Student teachers and their attitudes towards ICT
description This paper explores the attitudes that student teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain convey to digital technologies in formal educational settings as they start the 1st semester. A number of studies look at educational inclinations and employment of digital technologies (Granić & Marangunić, 2019; Ritter, 2017; Scherer & Teo, 2019). We have chosen to examine student teachers’ attitudes towards the professional use of digital technologies within a pedagogical framework. In this respect, a comparative qualitative analysis of one open-ended question that forms part of a more extensive questionnaire distributed to all participants is considered. The employed analytical lens subsequently centres on four concepts: ‘adaptability’, ‘creativity’, ‘critical thinking’, and ‘understanding of technology’. In this regard, our findings support arguments for asserting ‘attitude’ as a kind of teacher-specific digital competence for guiding their practice. We conclude by suggesting our analytical framework as a potential point of initiation for further development to understand attitudes as forming part of teachers’ specific digital competencies within teacher education and professional practice.
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Juan Carlos Colomer Rubio
Héctor Hernández Gassó
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