Facing the World: Student Teachers' Computer Use during Practicum

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the computer use by student teachers during the practicum: the manner and frequency of computer use; student teachers' perception of their training adequacy; their attitudes toward the role of the computer in teaching; and the factors that might be associated with student teachers' use of computers. The student teachers in this study had a higher percentage of computer use than those in previous studies. Student teachers held positive attitudes toward the computer use in education and judged themselves prepared for the computer use in the future teaching. Nevertheless, the pattern of their computer use suggested that these students were only being prepared for computer use in a limited way.