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Modeling Technology Acceptance Among Pre-Service Teachers

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The purpose of the study is to build a model that predicts the level of technology acceptance by pre-service teachers at a teacher training institute in Singapore. It examines relationships among variables associated with factors that influence technology acceptance. Data was collected from 475 participants using a survey questionnaire. Employing structural equation modelling, a hypothesized model was tested for model fit in the study. The resulting model is found to have a good fit. Perceived usefulness, attitude towards computer use, and computer self-efficacy have direct effect on pre-service teachers’ technology acceptance, whereas perceived ease of use, technological complexity, and facilitating conditions affect technology acceptance indirectly. These six variables account for approximately 27.1% of the variance of behavioural intention. Perceived usefulness appeared to the strongest determinant of behavioural intention.

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Teo, T. (2011). Modeling Technology Acceptance Among Pre-Service Teachers. In: Teo, T. (eds) Technology Acceptance in Education. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-487-4_5

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