Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Urich, Ted R.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify the attitudes of preservice teachers enrolled in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan toward selected issues related to computer technology as measured by the Computer Self-Efficacy (CSE) scale. The focus of this study, as measured by the CSE scale, was to determine whether significant differences existed between the attitudes of Taiwan preservice teachers regarding computer experience, computer training course, and computer ownership. The sample was comprised of 200 preservice teachers enrolled in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan during the 2000--2001 school year. The instrument utilized in this study, CSE scale, was distributed to 200 preservice teachers randomly selected from one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan. It consisted of 30 items with a 6-point Likert scale that measured student responses concerning their attitudes toward computers. Data were analyzed through statistical methods including descriptive analysis, unpaired t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation test, analysis of variance, and two-way analysis of variance. A general threshold for significance was at the .05 alpha level. Results indicated that there was no significant difference in CSE scores among preservice teachers who were enrolled in five major fields of study in one elementary teacher training college in Taiwan. Preservice teachers' CSE scores showed no significant difference when based on gender. Results of the Pearson product-moment correlation identified a significant correlation between the level of computer experience and CSE scores. Results of unpaired t-test indicated a significant difference between preservice teachers who have and those who have not attended a computer training course. Results of unpaired t-test revealed a significant difference between preservice teachers who owned a computer and those who did not. The knowledge of preservice teachers and their attitudes toward computer technology are assumed to be important for implementing computer-based technology in Taiwan's elementary teacher training programs. The use of a CSE scale to identify the attitudes of preservice teachers toward computer technology would provide Taiwan educators the ability to determine individual problems and concerns of preservice teachers that are associated with the use of computer-based learning systems in teacher training colleges.

Extent

153 p.

Comments

College of Education|Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Education

Identifier

FADT11960

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