Περίληψη:
Teachers, despite adequate training in Information and Communication
Technology (ICT), appear to be reluctant to incorporate ICT into their
teaching practices. This is an issue of major importance, not only for
educational but also for career development reasons, since the
acquisition of new skills broadens a professional’s career identity and
enriches his/ her career opportunities. Research so far has tried to
explore the factors related to teachers’ reluctance and personality
seems to be one of them. The paper presents the first stage of an
extended research study on the specific field and discusses the research
methodology used to explore personality traits, as well as other
psychological characteristics, such as self-efficacy related to ICT use,
and anxiety and attitudes towards ICT use. The sample consisted of
trainee teachers who were divided into groups, according to their
personality characteristics, based on the five-factor personality model
of Costa and McCrae (1992). The instruments that were constructed for
the present study and were used for the assessment of in-group
cooperation and teachers’ intention for ICT adoption in teaching are
presented and discussed. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier
Ltd.
Συγγραφείς:
Kounenou, Kalliope
Roussos, Petros
Yotsidi, Vasiliki
