Preservice Teachers' Intentions to Use Educational Technologies: The Mediating Role of Risk Perceptions

• In Event: 29.065 - Preservice and In-Service Teachers Using Technology: Implications for Teacher Education Programs

Abstract

An expanded version of the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991), which incorporated the concept of Risk Perceptions (RP), was used to examine the intentions of Turkish preservice middle school teachers to use educational technologies (ET) in their future classrooms. A modified survey was developed and tested with a sample of 1,667 teacher education students. Descriptive results suggest that participants find ETs useful, and not particularly risky, although some concerns were expressed. Attitude (AT), subjective norm (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) were significant predictors of the variance in Behavioral Intention to use ETs. In addition, RP served as a mediator between the model components of AT, SN, PBC and intentions to use ETs. Implications are discussed.

Authors

• Peggy A. Ertmer, Purdue University

• Ahmet Kilinc, Uludag University

• Eralp Bahcivan, Abant Izzet Baysal University

• Mehmet Demirbag, Uludağ University

• Arzu Sonmez, Abant Izzet Baysal University

• Ruhan Ozel, Kocaeli University