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Linking Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs about ICT in a Developing Country
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, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa ; , University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Vienna, Austria ISBN 978-1-880094-65-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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The integration of ICT in teaching and learning is becoming almost obligatory given the imperatives of education in many countries in the world. All teachers have a challenging job, but integrating the tools for ICT in teaching and learning provides additional challenges, especially for those teachers not exposed to technology. In this paper we will explore a possible relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs pertaining to their own level of competence and their attitudes. We will then suggest some implications of this relationship for professional development programmes.

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Govender, I. & Govender, D.W. (2008). Linking Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs about ICT in a Developing Country. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 6158-6164). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 9, 2024 from .

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