ERIC Number: EJ1462783
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2357
EISSN: EISSN-1573-7608
Available Date: 2024-09-10
Spanish Validation Perceived Ease of ICT among Future Early Childhood Education and Primary School Teachers
Education and Information Technologies, v30 n4 p5133-5148 2025
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been increasing in education. Despite its benefits, not everyone perceives its use with the same ease. This raises the need to observe the perceived ease of use (PEOU) of ICT among future teachers, which requires a valid and reliable instrument to measure this variable for the Spanish population. The aim of this study is to validate PEOU among trainee early childhood education and primary education teachers studying at Spanish universities and observe the factorial invariance across gender. Two studies were conducted: the first study consisted of an Exploratory Factor Analysis with 474 students (Mage = 21.17; SD = 4.03), while the second study tested the scale based on 796 students (Mage = 21.25; SD = 3.99). The results found that PEOU is a valid and reliable measurement scale consisting of two factors (FI. Difficulty [[alpha] = 0.89] and FII. Ease [[alpha] = 0.81], and that there are no gender differences. In conclusion, it provides a scale to assess PEOU of ICT among the Spanish adult population.
Descriptors: Spanish, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Usability, Information Technology, Early Childhood Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Test Reliability, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Undergraduate Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Alicante, Department of General Didactics and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain; 2University of Alicante, Department of Developmental Psychology and Teaching, Faculty of Education, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain