Exploring differences in trainee teachers' ict literacy: Does gender matter?

ASCILITE 2005 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 445-455

  Markauskaite, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Ict literacy; Pre service teachers' training; Self efficac; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GENDER; ICT LITERACY; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; SELF-EFFICAC; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR;

TEACHING;

EID: 33646500515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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