Adoption of Digital Storytelling Tool in Natural Sciences and Technology Education by Pre-Service Teachers Using the Technology Acceptance Model

Autor/inn/en	Lazar, Iuliana; Panisoara, Georgeta; Panisoara, Ion-Ovidiu
Titel	Adoption of Digital Storytelling Tool in Natural Sciences and Technology Education by Pre-Service Teachers Using the Technology Acceptance Model
Quelle	In: Journal of Baltic Science Education, 19 (2020) 3, S.429-453 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lazar, Iuliana) ORCID (Panisoara, Georgeta) ORCID (Panisoara, Ion-Ovidiu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1648-3898
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Story Telling; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Intention; Student Attitudes; Difficulty Level; Natural Sciences; Science Instruction; Technology Education; Foreign Countries; Value Judgment; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Technological Literacy; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Naturwissenschaften; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Werturteil; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Elementarunterricht; Technisches Wissen; Rumänien
Abstract	This research aimed to contribute to the overall understanding of pre-service teachers' acceptance of the Digital Storytelling (DS) tool. The primary associations of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) were tested in the academic years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 for statistical significance when the effects of the pre-service training teachers' digital age and status were controlled. Data from 296 pre-service teachers, from second and third study year, majority women considered vulnerable group were collected. The factor analysis and invariance tests on basic TAM were performed. The results revealed that DS tool usage intention was a function of perceived usefulness and ease of use. This research established the TAM applicability with the control variables addition to model the DS tool acceptance by pre-service teachers, as didactic material for natural sciences and technology education. Configural, metric, and scalar invariance were confirmed across both cross-temporal and cross-sectorial groups. Perceived ease of use of DS has strongly influenced both usefulness ([beta]=0.571, t=11.958, p<0.0001) and intention to use of DS ([beta]=0.763, t=19.914, p<0.0001), under the influences of the control variables. The outcomes contributed to the general understanding of DS pre-service teachers' adoption relevant for natural sciences and technology education and for recognition of vulnerable category behavior. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01