The Relation between Teachersâ Concern toward Information and Communication Technology and Levels of Their Usage According to Concern Based Adoption Model

Soleimani, Nasim; Zaman, Bibi Eshrat

The Relation between Teachersâ Concern toward Information and Communication Technology and Levels of Their Usage According to Concern Based Adoption Model

Authors

Nasim Soleimani

Bibi Eshrat Zaman

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between teachers’ concern toward information and communication technology and their usage levels according to Hall and Hord’s Concern Based Adoption Model. Research population was high school teachers in Isfahan city. The sample included 110 teachers selected by clustering random sampling method. The research method was correlation and descriptive. Research instruments were two questionnaires: A) Hall and Hord’s Concern Based Adoption Model, and B) Griffens’ and Cristinesen’s questionnaire for measuring usage levels. Data was analyzed by using correlation coefficient and regression analysis. Results indicated that there were positive relationships between information and communication technologies levels of use (non-use, orientation, preparation, mechanical use, routine, refinement, integration, and renewal) and stages of concern (awareness, informational, personal, management, consequence, collaboration, and refocusing). There was not a meaningful relationship between levels of use and management stage of concern.

Keywords

Information and communication technology

Concern Based Adoption Model

stage of concerns

secondary education teachers