Using Theoretical Models to Examine the Acceptance Behavior of Mobile Phone Messaging to Enhance Parent-Teacher Interactions

Autor/inn/en	Ho, Li-Hsing; Hung, Chang-Liang; Chen, Hui-Chun
Titel	Using Theoretical Models to Examine the Acceptance Behavior of Mobile Phone Messaging to Enhance Parent-Teacher Interactions
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 61 (2013), S.105-114 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2012.09.009
Schlagwörter	Intention; Teacher Behavior; Models; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Positive Attitudes; Adoption (Ideas); Communication Strategies; School Policy; Elementary School Teachers; Computer Uses in Education; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Technology Integration; Computer Mediated Communication; Usability; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Analogiemodell; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Kommunikationsstrategie; Schulpolitik; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Computernutzung; Telekommunikationstechnik; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	Student academic performance and social competence are influenced positively by parent involvement; effective parent-teacher communication not builds parent reliance on a school, it enhances parent knowledge of raising children. As information technology develops rapidly, it is already a trend that e-communication is replacing traditional paper communication. Mobile phone messages could be a convenience tool to issue notices to parents and reduce conflicts due to negligence such as missing phone calls, forgotten alerts, etc. Therefore, this study investigates teacher behavior of adopting mobile phone messages as a parent-teacher communication medium by applying the TAM, C-TAM-TPB, and UTAUT models. The result posits that attitude should be treated as a mediator between perceived usefulness and behavior intention, even if the user perceives the new device is useful but does not hold a positive attitude toward the device. On the other hand, to most subjects, opinions from family and friends and expectations from superiors are important considerations when making decisions; those thoughts affect directly the intention to use the new system. The results also suggest that infrastructure maturity for mobile phone messaging improves intention to use, but actual use behavior relates to school policies, not teacher intention. To implement a messaging system successfully, authorities should provide inducements that not only attract teachers to use the system, but that foster positive attitudes toward the messaging system to further increase use intention. (Contains 8 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10