In Service Teachers' Attitudes towards the Use of ICT in the Classroom

Abstract

[EN] The purpose of this study is to investigate teachers' attitudes towards the use of ICT in the classroom. One hundred and seventy in-service teachers from kindergarten to high school participated in the study. A 154-item survey was elaborated (Cronbach α =. 89) containing three main sections: (1) general information; (2) attitudes towards ICT and use of computer resources in the classroom; (3) level of satisfaction towards the training. A quasi-experimental study with one non-randomized study group (n=85) was also conducted using a pre-and post-test design with the purpose of searching for differences before and after training. Besides, 11 semi-structured interviews were carried out with the purpose of deepening into teachers' major motivations and beliefs. The results show that teachers' attitudes towards ICT are highly positive but the use of them in class is scarce and it is subjected to innovative processes. Secondly, there were no significant differences after instruction. Main conclusions indicate that new ways of teacher training need to be developed.