Preservice teacher beliefs that affect use of technological resources

Abstract

The aim of our study is to analyze psychological constructs behind preservice teacher Information and communications technology implementation, by means of both the conceptual structure and questionnaire of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Variables as Attitude toward behavior, Subjective Norm and Perceived Behavioral Control were considered. The study was conducted with a sample of 115 college students of the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, Chile, with ages between 21 and 30 years and mostly women (73.9%). In order to examine the independent contributions of the three direct measurements, multiple regression analysis was performed with behavioral intention as dependent variable and the independent variable were direct measures of theory. Results reveal that the model was significant with 16% of explained