Web-Searching To Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators’ Conceptions and Approaches

Chia-Pin Kao; Hui-Min Chien

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a

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Chia-Pin Kao ¹ ^* , Hui-Min Chien ²

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¹ Department of Child Care and Education, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology,Taiwan² Center for Teacher Education, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Background:
This study was conducted to explore the relationships between pre-school educators’ conceptions of and approaches to learning by web-searching through Internet Self-efficacy.

Material and methods:
Based on data from 242 pre-school educators who had prior experience of participating in web-searching in Taiwan for path analyses, it wasfound in this study that conceptions of learning by web-searching play a major role in approaches to learning without Internet Self-efficacy (ISE).

Results:
The results indicated that preschool educators’ Internet self-efficacy was the significant moderator of their conceptions of and approaches to learning by web searching.

Conclusions:
this result suggests that improving preschool educators’ ability to use the Internet as well as their use of relevant web-based tools may increase their approaches to learning by web-searching, which may in turn strengthen their learning performances in Internet-based environments.

Keywords

Internet self-efficacy
conceptions of learning
approaches to learning
web-based learning

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2017, 2039-2056

https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a

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Kao, C.-P., & Chien, H.-M. (2017). Web-Searching To Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators’ Conceptions and Approaches. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(6), 2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a

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Kao CP, Chien HM. Web-Searching To Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators’ Conceptions and Approaches. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(6):2039-56. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a

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Kao CP, Chien HM. Web-Searching To Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators’ Conceptions and Approaches. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(6), 2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a

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Kao, Chia-Pin, and Hui-Min Chien. "Web-Searching To Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators’ Conceptions and Approaches". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 6 (2017): 2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a

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Kao, C.-P., and Chien, H.-M. (2017). Web-Searching To Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators’ Conceptions and Approaches. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(6), pp. 2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a

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Kao, Chia-Pin et al. "Web-Searching To Learn: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in Pre-School Educators’ Conceptions and Approaches". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 6, 2017, pp. 2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01212a