Teacher Education Students’ Attitudes Toward Using Computers

A finding of particular importance to teacher educators was that these students generally agreed that the ability to use computers was a useful skill for living in today's society and they had positive attitudes toward using computers; however, many did not see that they needed a “firm mastery" of computers for their future work.

Abstract

This paper reports on a research study conducted to determine the entry attitudes of students enrolling in educational computing classes. Key finaings included that students enter these classes with a wide range of experience using computers and that these previous experiences are the best predictors of student attitudes. A finding of particular importance to teacher educators was that these students generally agreed that the ability to use computers was a useful skill for living in today’s society and they had positive attitudes toward using computers; however, many did not see that they needed a “firm mastery” of computers for their future work.