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Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices of Technology-Using Teachers
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Phoenix, AZ, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-55-6 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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This study investigated technology-using teachers' beliefs in relation to their instructional technology practices to describe how teachers' beliefs (student-centered and teacher-centered) and teachers' attitudes toward technology related to their instructional technology practices. Using multiple sources of data, four case studies (two with student-centered and two with teacher-centered beliefs) were conducted to portray how teachers with similar and different beliefs are likely to integrate instructional technologies. The overall findings of the case study analysis indicate that teachers' instructional technology practices, specifically for student use, were substantially related to (1) teachers' beliefs about teaching and technology and (2) the contextual conditions in their teaching environments.

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Palak, D. (2005). Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices of Technology-Using Teachers. In C. Crawford, R. Carlsen, I. Gibson, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2005--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 995-1000). Phoenix, AZ, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 14, 2024 from .

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