Singaporean and Taiwanese pre-service teachers' beliefs and their attitude towards ICT use: A comparative study

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-128

  Chai, Ching Sing ^a   Hong, Huang Yao ^b   Teo, Timothy ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward ICT use; Epistemological beliefs; Pedagogical beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651172872     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3860/taper.v18i1.1040     Document Type: Article

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