22.07.2024

Future teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching practical and algorithmic ICT competencies – Does background matter?

Milla Kruskopf, Rekar Abdulhamed, Mette Ranta, Heidi Lammassaari, Kirsti Lonka

Elsevier, Teaching and Teacher Education
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X24001069?via%3Dihub

 

Highlights

• Two dimensions confirmed regarding teaching self-efficacy in ICT competencies.
• Younger age, male gender and STEM-background related to (teaching) self-efficacy in practical and algorithmic competencies.
• Females reported a stronger positive relation of previous schooling to algorithmic self-efficacy compared to males.
• ICT competencies display gendered self-efficacy biases, unlike other 21st century skills.
• Teachers need more resources to support their students digital and algorithmic literacy competencies.

Abstract

Future teachers need to be confidently equipped to teach 21st century ICT skills. We investigated teaching self-efficacy (TSE) in ICT competencies among teacher students. We confirmed distinct ICT competencies among two cohorts from teacher training programs (n = 347; n = 428): practical (i.e., device and data management), and algorithmic (i.e., programming, and data security). Regression analyses indicated TSE-biases regarding younger age, male gender, and a background in natural sciences, with significant interactions between age, gender, and having learned such ICT-skills already in school. The findings point to a need for tailored strategies in teacher education to mitigate TSE disparities.

Milla Kruskopf

Researcher in Work Package "The factors affecting young people´s digital and financial skills inside and outside school"

Educational psychology, cognitive science, computational thinking, digital learning and education, teacher education, innovative learning solutions

milla.kruskopf@helsinki.fi

Rekar Abdulhamed

Doctoral Researcher

Researcher in Work Package "The factors affecting young people's digital and financial skills inside and outside school"

Educational psychology, teacher education, well-being, acculturation, quantitative research

rekar.abdulhamed@helsinki.fi

Mette Ranta

PhD, Title of Docent/ Associate Prof.

University Researcher in Work Package "The factors affecting young people's digital and financial skills inside and outside school"

Life course transition to adulthood, financial capability, financial well-being, positive and developmental psychology, financial stress, social relationships, quantitative methods, longitudinal research

mette.ranta@gov.fi

0295 150 201

Heidi Lammassaari

Researcher in Work Package "The factors affecting young people's digital and financial skills inside and outside school"

Educational psychology, teacher education, learning environments, blended learning and education, innovative learning solutions

heidi.lammassaari@helsinki.fi

Kirsti Lonka

Ph.D., Professor

Leader in Work Package "The factors affecting young people's digital and financial skills inside and outside school"

Educational psychology, digital learning and education, psychology of learning and motivation (adults and youth), teacher education, innovative learning solutions

kirsti.lonka@helsinki.fi

+358 50 318 2181

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