Measuring Primary Schools Teachers' Perception of ICT through Self-Efficacy: A Case Study

نویسندگان

  • Isabella Rega
  • Francesca Fanni
چکیده

The case study proposed in this article is the MELISSA project – Measuring ELearning Impact in primary Schools in South African disadvantaged areas. MELISSA measures the impact of exposure to ICTs in teacher training/learning applying the Self-Efficacy construct. The intention is here to understand and analyse changes in attitudes to and uses of ICTs in term of Computer and Teacher Self-Efficacy. To accomplish this goal, the MELISSA team applied a mixed investigative method, merging quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. UCS

دوره 18  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012