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Teacher Pedagogical Beliefs: The Final Frontier in Our Quest for Technology Integration?

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Peggy A. Ertmer

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Ertmer, P. A. (2005). Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration? Educational Technology Research and Development, 53(4), 25–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504683
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Although the conditions for successful technology integration finally appear to be in place, including ready access to technology, increased training for teachers, and a favorable policy environment, high-level technology use is still surprisingly low. This suggests that additional barriers, specifically related to teachers’ pedagogical beliefs, may be at work. Previous researchers have noted the influence of teachers’ beliefs on classroom instruction specifically in math, reading, and science, yet little research has been done to establish a similar link to teachers’ classroom uses of technology. In this article, I argue for the importance of such research and present a conceptual overview of teacher pedagogical beliefs as a vital first step. After defining and describing the nature of teacher beliefs, including how they are likely to impact teachers’ classroom practice, I describe important implications for teacher professional development and offer suggestions for future research.

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According to Becker (2000), computers serve as a “valuable and well-functioning instruc-tional tool” (p. 29) in schools and classrooms in which teachers: (a) have convenient access, (b) are adequately prepared, (c) have some freedom in the curriculum, and (d) hold personal beliefs aligned with a constructivist pedagogy. Although many teachers do not work in schools in which all of these variables are present, a number of recent reports suggest that this is starting to change. For example, according to Market Data Retrieval (MDR, 2002) students across the United States now enjoy an average student-computer ratio of 4:1, with 98% of schools and 77% of classrooms connected to the Internet. Recent demographic data from the Integrated Studies of Educational Technology (ISET; U.S. Department of Education [DOE], 2003) revealed that 81% of teachers have either moderate or high levels of access to instructional computers. Furthermore, no significant differ-ences were found in computer availability by school type (elementary vs. secondary) or pov-erty level.

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 11:56AM) : Office of Educational Technology more

In 2013, President Obama created the ConnectEd Initiative to enable 99% of students access to broadband within 5 years. https://tech.ed.gov/connected/

Seems like by now, these numbers should have improved since this was written in 2005.

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Robert Norman Robert Norman (Feb 03 2018 2:50PM) : Stats [Edited] more

This happens to be one of the areas I worry about a lot being an online administrator. I don’t have numbers for the classrooms themselves, but for households, the most current stats I have are that broadband access plateaued at around 70% in 2015 and has been on the decline ever since. The reason is that more and more people’s sole internet access is through their cell phone.

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/21/home-broadband-2015/

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CEDRIC GREEN CEDRIC GREEN (Feb 04 2018 1:46PM) : Free Access more

Robert, the article you shared was somewhat eye opening. It would seem the expansion of broardband would continue to increase but I’m wondering what percentage of the decline can be attributed to the availability of free wifi and also “piggy backing” from broadband networks which are unsecured in surrounding homes.

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Along with increased access have come increased opportunities for teachers to gain tech-nology skills. The majority of teachers (85%) now report feeling “somewhat well-prepared” to use technology for classroom instruction (U.S. DOE, 2003), a notable increase since the 2000 report of the National Center for Education Sta-tistics (NCES) in which 53% of teachers reported feeling somewhat prepared. Furthermore, in the 2003 study, only 37% of teachers expressed interest in learning basic computer skills while over 80% expressed interest in learning how to integrate computer technology into curricular areas, suggesting that the majority of current

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CEDRIC GREEN CEDRIC GREEN (Feb 04 2018 3:33PM) : Critical more

Its great to see the increase in interest of faculty in terms of learning basic computer skills. This is critical to designing courses which are interesting and connect studentst to the content whild using technology. Doing so supports the larger strategy in the efforts to increase student retention.

ETR&D, Vol. 53, No. 4, 2005, pp. 25–39ISSN 1042–162925

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teachers have obtained (or at least perceive they have obtained) minimum levels of technical competency.

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 11:01AM) : Minimum Levels more

I’m wondering what the study used as a scale to measure/define minimum levels of technical competency.

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Although progress in the third area (e.g., freedom in the curriculum) is harder to measure, recent legislation and policy statements indicate a strong commitment by education authorities to support the expansion and use of computers in K–12 classrooms (U.S. DOE, 1996, 2001, 2003). Evidence of this commitment includes the adop-tion of standards for technology use by adminis-trators, teachers, and students (International Society for Technology in Education, 2003); the increasing prevalence of block scheduling (which allows for longer class periods) at the high school level (American Federation of Teachers, 1999; North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 1998); and provisions within the No Child Left Behind Act to ensure that teachers can integrate technology into the curric-ulum for the purposes of improving student achievement (U.S. DOE, 2001). Simply stated: “Technology is now considered by most educa-tors and parents to be an integral part of provid-ing a high-quality education” (U.S. DOE, 2003, p. 3).

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 9:31AM) : ISTE more

I feel as though at this point in the article (2005), we would have been on ISTE #1 Learner, and not yet to the role of leaders, seeking out opportunities to implement technology, and definitely not at #5-7 as designer, facilitators, and analysts.

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Although the first three conditions identified by Becker (2000) appear to have been nearly met, the fourth (teachers’ beliefs) is much less under-stood and, consequently, less readily resolved. This may be due, at least in part, to the fact that the first three conditions have required changes that might best be described as first order (Waters, Marzano, & McNulty, 2003); that is, changes that adjust current practice in an incre-mental fashion without changing existing struc-tures or beliefs. However, the fourth component comprises a second-order change—change that confronts teachers’ fundamental beliefs and, thus, requires new ways of both seeing and doing things. While first-order changes are, in effect, reversible, second-order changes are seen as irreversible: Once you begin, it is impossible to return to your previous routines and habits (Brownlee, 2000). As such, these types of changes are riskier for teachers, as well as more difficult to achieve. Furthermore, knowing how to facilitate and support these types of changes is much less familiar to staff developers who typi-cally have been concerned with facilitating first-

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ETR&D, Vol. 53, No. 4

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order change (Garet, Porter, Desimone, Birman, & Yoon, 2001).

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A number of large-scale studies (e.g., Barron, Kemker, Harmes, & Kalaydjian, 2003) have veri-fied that teacher technology use has increased in classrooms across the nation, undoubtedly because of these increased levels of access and skill, as well as the current favorable policy envi-ronment. However, although many teachers are using technology for numerous low-level tasks (word processing, Internet research), higher level uses are still very much in the minority. For example, results of a survey conducted by Mich-igan Virtual University (Newman, 2002) as part of a program to give every Michigan teacher a laptop computer (completed by more than 90,000 teachers) indicated that whereas most teachers reported knowing how to get informa-tion from the Web and send e-mail, only a small proportion of the teachers (sometimes only 1 in 9) knew how to use high-tech tools such as spreadsheets, presentation software, or digital imaging to enhance their lessons. Results from ISET (U.S. DOE, 2003) were similar: The com-puter-related activities in which teachers most often engaged their students included express-ing themselves in writing, improving their com-puter skills, doing research using the Internet, using computers as a free-time or reward activ-ity, and doing practice drills.

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Robert Norman Robert Norman (Jan 29 2018 6:17PM) : Need for reflection more

This seems to be related to ISTE 1a: “Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness.”

Allowing for some difference in technological expertise (2005 vs. 2018), I think the needle has moved considerably in a positive direction on what applications the average teacher is familiar with. Still, even if teachers are more technologically competent, I still think there is plenty of room to improve in the reflection aspect that the standard mentions. Reflecting on the use of technology in the classroom (what worked, what didn’t, what might work) is very important to making technology an effective learning tool.

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Julie Book Julie Book (Jan 31 2018 12:14PM) : Time more

This is what I was thinking. Ertmer notes too that maybe not enough time has passed to really measure teachers’ beliefs. It seems like in 2005, there was still the struggle to just understand how to use the technology, let alone how to TPACK.

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 12:09PM) : Agree more

I fully agree Robert that this aligns well with ISTE #1. Also, TPACK wasn’t fully formulated when this article was written, however, Schulman’s framework of Pedagogical Content Knowledge was available. The needle is moving in the right direction, but is it moving fast enough? Also, depending on where the up and coming new teachers receive their education, will determine how prepared and competent they are with technology. I know a few universities that are still a decade behind in preparing teachers for the digital age.

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CEDRIC GREEN CEDRIC GREEN (Feb 04 2018 2:45PM) : Concur more

If institutions amend online learning strategies to incorporate more faculty focus on expanding technology practices which focus on the designer principle section “5b:
Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning” all stakeholders will benefit.

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Thus, while instructional computer use appears to be increasing (at least as measured by self-report data), the most common and frequent uses have resulted in only incremental, or first-order, changes in teaching style and remain far removed from the best practices advocated in the literature (Becker, 1994; Berg, Benz, Lasley, & Raisch, 1998; Dede, 1998; Dexter, Anderson, & Becker, 1999). For example, Becker (1994) classi-fied exemplary technology users based on stan-dards that “suggest a classroom environment in which computers were both prominent in the experience of students and employed in order that students grow intellectually and not merely develop isolated skills” (p. 294). In general, low-level technology uses tend to be associated with teacher-centered practices while high-level uses tend to be associated with student-centered, or constructivist, practices (Becker, 1994; Becker & Riel, 1999).

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TEACHER BELIEFS

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The predominance of low-level uses may be due simply to the fact that low-level uses pre-cede high-level uses, and that not enough time has passed for high-level uses to emerge. Based on developmental models of technology integra-tion proposed by researchers for the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (e.g., Sandholtz, Ringstaff, & Dwyer, 1997) and others (Becker, 1994; Hooper & Rieber, 1995; Marcinkiewicz, 1993), it takes five to six years for teachers to accumulate enough expertise to use technology in ways advocated by constructivist reform efforts. The assumption, then, is that increased or prolonged technology use will actually prompt teachers to change their practices toward more constructivist approaches. While this may be true, it has yet to be verified by empirical research (e.g., Barron et al., 2003; New-man, 2002). For example, based on the results of their work in two high-tech high schools in Cali-fornia, Cuban, Kirkpatrick, and Peck (2001) noted that “Few fundamental changes in the dominant mode of teacher-centered instruction had occurred. . . . Even in computer-based classes, teacher-centered instruction was the norm” (p. 825). Cuban and his colleagues postu-lated that these results might have been because of the “deeply entrenched structures of the self-contained classroom, departments, time sched-ules, and teachers’ disciplinary training . . . .” (p. 83).

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Julie Book Julie Book (Jan 31 2018 1:01PM) : Not enough time has passed more

This was my question here. This article was published in 2005 at a time when I think just the addition of computers in schools was very new, so perhaps the ISTE standard LEARNER was at the stage of just integrating technology and those higher-level pedagogical skills had not had the chance to really develop? I cannot remember (or find) where I read this, but somewhere I read (maybe the Horizon Report) that it takes 5-6 years of time to pass for people to get used to a new change.

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Robert Norman Robert Norman (Feb 02 2018 10:26AM) : 2005 more

When I remember my institution in 2005, it seems that expectations about technology were much different. I remember having colleagues who just didn’t “do” technology, and at that time it was still an acceptable option (but becoming less so). Did you have a similar memory of the mid-2000s?

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 12:13PM) : The Good Ol' Days more

Ah yes, the mid-2000s…remember how businesses, schools, and the general public freaked in 1999 not knowing what would happen to our computers and systems once the clock switched to 2000? Even if a teacher was new to the system/district in 2005, they still most likely only received the basic computer training of email communications, PowerPoint, Word, maybe some Excel but very limited in the sense of Internet use.

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Still, one has to wonder whether changes in these structures would be sufficient to facilitate the type of fundamental changes required for teachers to use technology in constructivist ways. Although changes in these structures might create more opportunities for teachers to use student-centered approaches, other second-order barriers (i.e., barriers that are intrinsic to teachers and that challenge their beliefs about current practice) may limit their efforts (Ertmer, 1999). As noted by Dexter et al. (1999), “Although culture and context create norms of teaching practice . . . teachers can choose, within these limits, the approach that works for them. This autonomy provides teachers with choices to adopt, adapt, or reject an instructional reform” (p. 224).

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Ultimately, the decision regarding whether and how to use technology for instruction rests

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on the shoulders of classroom teachers. If educa-tors are to achieve fundamental, or second-order, changes in classroom teaching practices, we need to examine teachers themselves and the beliefs they hold about teaching, learning, and technology. As Marcinkiewicz (1993) noted, “Full integration of computers into the educa-tional system is a distant goal unless there is rec-onciliation between teachers and computers. To understand how to achieve integration, we need to study teachers and what makes them use computers” (p. 234). Cuban’s observation (1997) supports this: “It’s not a problem of resources, but a struggle over core values” (online).

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 12:16PM) : True more

I agree with the statement that ultimately the decision rests with teachers. A district can provide all of the infrastructure and training necessary, but if the teacher’s mind is set they don’t want to use the technology (to its fullest extent) to aid in teaching & learning, then it won’t happen. Vice-versa, if a teacher is up on the current technology trends but doesn’t have the infrastructure and training, they will find a way to be an advocate for the school/classroom and continue to seek ways to implement technology in the classroom.

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Purpose of Article

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The purpose of this article is to examine the rela-tionship between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their technology practices. While previous researchers have documented the influence of teachers’ pedagogical beliefs on classroom prac-tices related to teaching mathematics (Vacc & Bright, 1999), science (Czerniak & Lumpe, 1996), history (Wilson & Wineburg, 1988), and literacy (Fang, 1996), few have examined how these beliefs influence teachers’ adoption and use of technology. Zhao, Pugh, Sheldon, and Byers (2002) lamented that, despite a preponderance of survey studies examining factors influencing teachers’ uses of technology, “these types of studies tend to neglect the messy process through which teachers struggle to negotiate a foreign and potentially disruptive innovation into their familiar environment” (p. 483). In this review, I extend the work of these and other scholars who have examined teacher beliefs in subject-related contexts, to explicate the relation-ship between pedagogical beliefs and technol-ogy use. The hope is that by gaining a better understanding of this complex relationship, educators might gain a greater appreciation for why more teachers are not using technology in ways advocated in the literature. This, then, may enable us to facilitate a better alignment between research, practice, and beliefs and to provide more effective ways of supporting and docu-menting teacher change. Ultimately, the goal is to facilitate uses of technology that lead to

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increased student learning. As noted by Pajares (1992): “Little will have been accomplished if research into educational beliefs fails to provide insights into the relationship between beliefs . . .

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and teacher practices, teacher knowledge, and student outcomes” (p. 327).

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Definition of Teacher Beliefs

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Unfortunately, there is a lot of confusion in the literature regarding both the labels and defini-tions used to describe teacher beliefs. Pajares, in his 1992 review, labeled teacher beliefs a “messy construct,” noting that “the difficulty in study-ing teachers’ beliefs has been caused by defini-tional problems, poor conceptualizations, and differing understandings of beliefs and belief structures” (p. 307). According to Calderhead (1996), teacher beliefs, as well as teacher knowl-edge and teacher thinking, comprise the broader concept of teacher cognition. Yet, Kagan (1990) noted that the term teacher cognition “is some-what ambiguous, because researchers invoke the term to refer to different products, including teachers’ interactive thoughts during instruc-tion; thoughts during lesson planning; implicit beliefs about students, classrooms, and learning; [and] reflections about their own teaching per-formance . . . .” (p. 420).

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Part of the difficulty in defining teacher beliefs centers on determining if, and how, they differ from knowledge. In this review, I accept the distinction suggested by Calderhead (1996): Whereas beliefs generally refer to “suppositions, commitments, and ideologies,” knowledge refers to “factual propositions and understand-ings” (p. 715). Therefore, after gaining knowledge of a proposition, we are still free to accept it as being either true or false (i.e., believe it, or not). For example, teachers may gain specific knowl-edge about how to create spreadsheets for stu-dent record keeping, and may also know that other teachers have used them successfully, yet still not believe that spreadsheets offer an effec-tive tool for their classroom use. This might be especially true if, based on previous experiences, they have negative beliefs about their own tech-nical capabilities. Another distinction between knowledge and beliefs, illustrated by this exam-

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Robert Norman Robert Norman (Jan 29 2018 6:29PM) : Beliefs vs. knowledge more

Now this seems like a distinction that TPACK was designed to unravel: beliefs vs. knowledge. Would it be reasonable to say that knowledge could be described as content knowledge and beliefs (about teaching) would fall under the pedagogy category?

One ISTE standard I see affected here is 5c: “Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning.” Content knowledge may not affect this standard very much, but beliefs about instructional practices (pedagogy) would have a big impact on how instructors view those design principles—whether they “buy in” to them. For me, I think buying into a new set of design principles is even harder than learning unfamiliar technology.

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Julie Book Julie Book (Jan 31 2018 12:03PM) : beliefs about teaching=pedagogy more

That is a good point, Robert, and since Ertmer points out that beliefs are very much tied to experiences, I can see how experiences in the classroom (not so much conceptual frameworks) would shape teachers’ beliefs.

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 11:20AM) : PK more

I agree with you, especially the concept of it is harder to change a belief than learn a technology. My institution is struggling currently with a paradigm shift and I believe it is harder for the institution to accept the belief than it will be to learn the new technology.

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ple, is the stronger affective and evaluative com-ponents often associated with beliefs (Nespor, 1987). Given these distinctions, Nespor and oth-ers (Griffin & Ohlsson, 2001; Kagan, 1992; Pajares, 1992) have concluded that beliefs are far more influential than knowledge in determining how individuals organize and define tasks and problems. This, then, makes them stronger pre-dictors of behavior.

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Despite the difficulties related to sorting out this “messy construct,” Pajares (1992) proposed that, “All teachers hold beliefs, however defined and labeled, about their work, their students, their subject matter, and their roles and respon-sibilities . . ..” (p. 314). Because “humans have beliefs about everything” (p. 315), Pajares rec-ommended that researchers make a distinction between teachers’ broader, general belief sys-tems and their educational beliefs. In addition, he recommended that educational beliefs be nar-rowed further to specify what those beliefs are about, for example, educational beliefs about the nature of knowledge, perceptions of self and feelings of self-worth, confidence to perform cer-tain tasks, and so on. Following Pajares’s recom-mendation, in this review I focus specifically on teachers’ educational beliefs about teaching and learning (referred to here as pedagogical beliefs) and the beliefs they have about how technology enables them to translate those beliefs into class-room practice. It is my hope that establishing a clear understanding of these concepts and the relationships among them will accomplish an important first step in improving both future research and practice related to teacher change, in general, and teacher technology use, more specifically.

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Link Between Beliefs and Practice

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A great deal of empirical evidence has estab-lished the significance of beliefs for understand-ing teacher behavior (see reviews by Calderhead, 1996; Clark & Peterson, 1986; Kane, Sandretto, & Heath, 2002; Pajares, 1992). In describing this relationship, Pajares noted, “Few would argue that the beliefs teachers hold influ-ence their perceptions and judgments, which in turn, affect their behavior in the classroom . . .”

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(p. 307). Kagan (1992) cited significant evidence supporting this relationship: “Empirical studies have yielded quite consistent findings: A teacher’s beliefs tend to be associated with a con-gruent style of teaching that is often evident across different classes and grade levels” (p. 66). In fact, given that the knowledge base of teach-ing consists of few, if any, indisputable “truths,” Kagan postulated, “most of a teacher’s profes-sional knowledge can be regarded more accu-rately as a belief” (p. 73).

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Yet some researchers have described incon-sistencies between teachers’ beliefs and their classroom practices (Calderhead, 1996; Ertmer, Gopalakrishnan, & Ross, 2001; Fang, 1996; Kane et al., 2002). For example, Fang described a num-ber of studies in which researchers found little relationship between teachers’ beliefs and their instructional reading practices, and suggested that contextual factors interfered with teachers’ ability to consistently apply their beliefs in prac-tice. Results from a study of technology-using teachers supported this as well. Ertmer et al. (2001) reported that teachers’ visions for, or beliefs about, classroom technology use did not always match their classroom practices. Despite the fact that most of the teachers described them-selves as having constructivist philosophies, they implemented technology in ways that might best be described as representing a mixed approach, at times engaging their students in authentic, project-based work, but at other times asking them to complete tutorials, practice skills, and learn isolated facts. Teachers’ explanations for these inconsistencies often included refer-ences to contextual constraints, such as curricu-lar requirements or social pressure exerted by parents, peers, or administrators. Scott, Chovanec, and Young (1994) observed a similar pattern in their study of the beliefs and class-room practices of 14 college professors. The authors described how their participants drew from more than one philosophical base and con-cluded that the “common theme in this research

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. . . is one of negotiation between what one assumes and believes to be true about teaching and the contextual factors (students, institution, and societal assumptions and beliefs) which serve as enablers or constrainers to playing out these assumptions and beliefs” (p. 23). These

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results, then, point to the need for both research-ers and practitioners to be aware of, and to account for, the potential influence of these types of contextual factors when examining teachers’ beliefs or promoting teacher change.

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While not discounting these types of incon-sistencies, Pajares (1992) suggested that they simply illustrate the difficulties inherent in try-ing to measure beliefs accurately. Because beliefs exist, primarily, in tacit form (Kagan, 1992; Kane et al., 2002; Nespor, 1987), understanding teachers’ beliefs requires making inferences based on what teachers say, intend, and do. If individuals are unable, or unwilling, to accu-rately represent their beliefs, this can lead to misjudging or misrepresenting that which truly motivates their behavior. According to Munby (1982), when beliefs about a particular subject area are inconsistent with a teacher’s practice in that area, it may just be that “different and weightier” beliefs are the cause (p. 216). For example, although teachers may express the belief that technology is best used for high-level problem-solving activities, their day-to-day uses may include a large number of drill-and-practice applications, because they hold a more central belief that teachers are responsible for assuring that their students learn foundational, or prereq-uisite, skills. The problem, then, lies in sorting through these apparent contradictions to deter-mine which beliefs, exactly, are influencing which actions.

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Nature of Beliefs

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The potential power of beliefs as an influence on behavior is inherently related to the nature of beliefs, as outlined by Nespor (1987). Among other characteristics, Nespor described beliefs as relying on episodic memory, with information being drawn from personal experiences or cul-tural sources of knowledge. Early episodes or events, then, have the potential to color percep-tions of subsequent events, especially if early experiences are particularly unique or vivid. Furthermore, because of their highly personal nature, beliefs are unlikely to be affected by per-suasion. This is readily illustrated when we con-sider how initial experiences with computers,

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especially traumatic or negative experiences, can shape teachers’ subsequent encounters for years to come, despite great efforts to persuade them differently. The past events have created a guiding image, or what Goodman (1988) termed “an intuitive screen,” through which new infor-mation and experiences are now filtered.

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According to Nespor (1987), beliefs also tend to be “unbounded,” that is, readily extended to apply to phenomena that may be unrelated to the context in which they were formed, such as when teachers extend their beliefs about how to discipline their own children to include beliefs about how to discipline their students, despite the apparent differences between these contexts. Yet based on these characteristics, Nespor argued that beliefs have great value in dealing with complex, ill-defined situations such as those teachers tend to encounter, in which there are large amounts of information available and no single correct solution. In such contexts, the episodic and unbounded nature of beliefs makes it possible to apply them flexibly to new prob-lems. Moreover, the nonconsensual nature of beliefs makes them relatively immune to contra-diction.

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Beliefs about teaching and learning (and all beliefs for that matter) tend to be embedded within a larger, “loosely bounded” belief sys-tem, which Rokeach (1968) defined as “having represented within it, in some organized psy-chological but not necessarily logical form, each and every one of a person’s countless beliefs about physical and social reality” (p. 2). Accord-ing to Nespor (1987), belief systems, unlike knowledge systems, do not require group con-sensus, and thus may be quite idiosyncratic. This may explain why two teachers who know the same things about technology might believe different things about its use (e.g., one seeing it as a blessing; the other as a curse). In fact, as has been noted earlier, even individual beliefs within the system do not, necessarily, have to be consistent with each other. This property makes belief systems more inflexible and less dynamic than knowledge systems (Pajares, 1992), making the prospect of trying to promote change in teachers’ beliefs utterly daunting.

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How Beliefs Are Formed

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In general, beliefs are created through a process of enculturation and social construction; they can be formed by chance, an intense experience, or a succession of events (Pajares, 1992). As noted above, early experiences tend to color later experiences, even to the extent that subse-quent, contradictory information will be manip-ulated to fit with earlier interpretations. Griffin and Ohlsson (2001) claimed that this is because beliefs serve both cognitive and affective-social functions. Thus, people might accept a certain idea independent of its coherence with relevant knowledge, or perhaps even change a belief, despite reducing conceptual coherence, because it enables the achievement of affective or social goals. Given this, personal theories and beliefs are rarely sufficiently revised and, thus over time, become deeply personal, highly engrained, and extremely resistant to change.

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Although little has been written about how teachers’ beliefs about technology are formed, there is little reason to think they follow a path different from that described for other beliefs. Because few current teachers have experienced, or even observed, the use of technology in their own K–12 schooling, they are unlikely to have many preconceived ideas about how technology should be used to achieve student learning. Yet based on the nature of beliefs described above, both inexperienced and seasoned teachers are likely to respond to these new instructional situ-ations by relying on previous beliefs and experi-ences (Kagan, 1992). Even new information (about technology, alternative teaching meth-ods, etc.), if attended to at all, will be filtered through these existing belief systems. Thus, teachers are likely to think about technology in the same way they think about other teaching methods, tools, or reform initiatives, depending on if or how they classify technology into one of these categories. Whereas some teachers may think of technology as just another tool they can use to facilitate student learning, others may think of it as one more thing to do (i.e., an inno-vation). These early perceptions and classifica-tions, then, result in vastly different beliefs regarding if, when, and how to use the tool.

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Previous evidence suggests that, if technol-

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TEACHER BELIEFS

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ogy is treated as an instructional innovation, beliefs will play a significant role in whether or how it is adopted and implemented (Cuban, 1986; Czerniak & Lumpe, 1996; Peterson, Fennema, Carpenter, & Loef, 1989). Based on the reported relationship between teachers’ beliefs and their implementation of reform initiatives, Niederhauser and Stoddart (2001) suggested that teachers use technology in ways that are consistent with their personal beliefs about cur-riculum and instructional practice. That is, if technology is presented as a tool for enacting student-centered curricula, teachers with teacher-centered beliefs are less likely to use the tool as advocated. Rather, they are more likely to use it, if at all, to support the kinds of traditional activities with which they are comfortable. According to Zhao et al. (2002), the further a new practice is from existing practice, the less likely it will be implemented successfully. Given this, instructional technologists might consider introducing technology as a tool to accomplish that which is already valued (e.g., communicat-ing with parents, locating relevant instructional resources). Then, once the tool is valued, the emphasis can switch to its potential for accomp-lishing additional or new tasks, including those that are supported by broader, or different, beliefs (Ertmer, 2001). For example, once teach-ers become comfortable using e-mail to commu-nicate with parents, they may be more willing to consider allowing students to use e-mail to com-municate with peers across the state or even across the world, an activity that has the poten-tial to influence teacher beliefs about using tech-nology to achieve higher level goals (e.g., authentic writing activities; cross-cultural col-laborations).

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Robert Norman Robert Norman (Jan 29 2018 6:34PM) : Behavioral intention more

The research I’m doing for EDU802 is related here—I’m specifically examining perceptions of Learning Management Systems. Many of the articles that I’m looking at address the perception of technology in general, and two concepts pop up again and again: Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use. In other words, will it help me, and is it easy? I wonder if these two perceptions would be categorized as “beliefs” in Ertmer’s framework?

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Julie Book Julie Book (Jan 31 2018 1:12PM) : beliefs vs. perceptions more

Hi Robert,
I had in mind that beliefs might be more grounded, and thus, more difficult to change than perceptions. I thought paragraphs 69-70 were very interesting in that they discussed how beliefs can be changed. Do you think perceptions are easier to change than beliefs?

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Robert Norman Robert Norman (Feb 02 2018 11:30AM) : Perceptions more

In normal parlance, yes, I believe perceptions are very easily changed (frighteningly so), but beliefs are glaciers. Of course, theorists often have their own surgical application of terms, and it seems that Ertmer often uses the term belief as a synonym for vision, as in para 38:

“Ertmer et al. (2001) reported that teachers’ visions for, or beliefs about, classroom technology use did not always match their classroom practices”

It struck me as being fairly close to a fleeting perception, but that might just be because that concept is on my mind.

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Julie Book Julie Book (Feb 03 2018 11:02AM) : Example more

The example in paragraph 30 helped me to get the concept a bit more. The link between knowledge, previous experiences, and beliefs is very interesting to me.

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How Beliefs Are Changed

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Beliefs vary in strength and kind; the ease with which teachers can change their beliefs is related to the strength of the particular beliefs under scrutiny (Block & Hazelip, 1995). In general, stronger beliefs are those that are more central to an individual’s identify (Rokeach, 1968), quite possibly because they were established during earlier experiences and, thus, were used in the

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processing of subsequent experiences (Pajares, 1992). According to Rokeach, the centrality of a belief relates to its connectedness: “The more a given belief is functionally connected or in com-munication with other beliefs, the more implica-tions and consequences it has for other beliefs and, therefore, the more central the belief” (p. 5).

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Using the analogy of an atom, Rokeach (1968) described a belief system as being anchored by a nucleus, or a set of core beliefs, and outlined five types of beliefs that vary along this central-peripheral dimension:

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  1. At the center are Type A beliefs, that is, core beliefs that are formed through personal experiences, reinforced through social con-sensus, and highly resistant to change. Type A beliefs include beliefs about one’s identity or self, as well as beliefs that are shared with others.
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  1. Moving out from the core are Type B beliefs which, like Type A, are formed through direct experience but, because they are held privately, tend to be unaffected by persua-sion.
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  1. Next are Type C beliefs, which relate to which authorities to trust, and although they are resistant to change, it is expected that opinions about them will differ.
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  1. Closer to the periphery are Type D beliefs, which are derived from the authorities in which we believe and which can be changed, providing the suggestion for change comes from the relevant authority.
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  1. Finally, Type E beliefs are located at the out-ermost edge and include inconsequential beliefs that are essentially matters of taste.
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Rokeach did not specifically address teachers’ beliefs about teaching, but it would not be sur-prising if at least some beliefs about the nature of teaching are formed over many years of experi-ence as a student and are resistant to change because they have been supported by strong authority and broad consensus (Albion & Ert-mer, 2002). If this is true, then core beliefs about teaching will influence how new information about teaching is processed (Kagan, 1992), including ideas related to teaching with technol-ogy. Additional research is needed to verify the validity of this concept: Where do teachers’

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beliefs exist in Rokeach’s scheme and how are they used to process information related to teaching with technology?

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Griffin and Ohlsson (2001) described belief revision as being highly subject to motivational influence and epistemological values. Partici-pants in their study indicated that, even if pre-sented with sound conflicting evidence, they would not be willing to change their affect-based beliefs (e.g., belief in an afterlife; disbelief in evolution), but were relatively willing to change their knowledge-based beliefs (e.g., belief in evolution; disbelief in an afterlife). The authors explained these results by noting, “Affect-based beliefs by virtue of their lack of coherence with the conceptual framework might be immune to threats posed by conflicting infor-mation. Any new information is likely to be dis-torted, and if it is accurately comprehended, it will have little influence . . .” (p. 6; italics added). Based on Rokeach’s scheme (1968), it may be that affect-based beliefs, because they are more intimately connected to our personal identities, reside in a more central position in our belief systems, while knowledge-based beliefs, because they are less personal, exist somewhere on the periphery. Additional work is needed to clarify these ideas.

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Although beliefs are not readily changed, this does not mean that they never change (Nespor, 1987; Pajares, 1992). According to Nespor, beliefs change, not through argument or reason, but rather through a conversion process or Gestalt shift. Posner, Strike, Hewson, and Gertzog (1982) noted that, in order for beliefs to change, individuals must be dissatisfied with their existing beliefs. This is most likely to hap-pen when either existing beliefs are challenged or new beliefs cannot be assimilated into exist-ing ideas. Based on the conceptual change litera-ture, Kagan (1992) noted that if a teacher education or professional development program is to be successful at promoting belief change among teachers, “it must require them to make their preexisting personal beliefs explicit; it must challenge the adequacy of those beliefs; and it must give novices extended opportunities to examine, elaborate, and integrate new informa-tion into their existing belief systems” (p. 77).

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This same sentiment has been expressed in

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recent professional development literature (e.g., Garet et al., 2001; Howard, McGee, Schwartz, & Purcell, 2000; Putnam & Borko, 2000), including that related to technology development (Niederhauser & Stoddart, 2001; Pedersen & Liu, 2003; Windschitl, 2002; Windschitl & Sahl, 2002). For example, Winschitl and Sahl sug-gested that there “can be no institutional ‘vision of technology use’ that exists separately from beliefs about learners, beliefs about what charac-terizes meaningful learning, and beliefs about the role of the teachers within the vision” (p. 202). Based on their study of the implementation of a laptop initiative in one middle school, they recommended that members of the school com-munity hold public conversations to reveal their beliefs about learners and learning and to make explicit the ways in which technology can facili-tate progress toward shared goals, based on those beliefs.

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How, then, is belief change most likely to hap-pen? What experiences will teachers need in order to question, and to be dissatisfied with, existing beliefs? Three strategies seem to hold particular promise for promoting change in teacher beliefs about teaching and learning, in general, and beliefs about technology, specific-ally: (a) personal experiences, (b) vicarious expe-riences, and (c) social-cultural influences. These strategies are predicated on the idea that beliefs are grounded in experience and authority, as described above (Nespor, 1987; Rokeach, 1968).

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Personal experiences. If beliefs are formed through personal experience, then changes in beliefs might also be facilitated through experi-ence. Although it was suggested earlier that beliefs shape practice (e.g., Cuban, 1986; Kagan, 1992; Niederhauser & Stoddart, 2001), this does not mean, necessarily, that the best way to change teacher practice is by changing their beliefs. In fact, Guskey (1986) argued that change in beliefs follows, rather than precedes practice, and that by helping teachers adopt new practices that are successful, the associated beliefs will also change. This idea is supported

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by the self-efficacy literature (e.g., Bandura, 1997; Schunk, 2000), which highlights the impor-tance of building a teacher’s confidence through successful experiences with small instructional changes before attempting larger changes.

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Particularly when technology is involved, starting with relatively simple uses may be a more productive path to achieving teacher change than expecting teachers to use technol-ogy, from the outset, to achieve high-end instructional goals. According to Zhao and Cziko (2001), many teachers use technology, not because it helps them achieve a new goal, but because it allows them to achieve their current goals more effectively than do their traditional methods. Zhao and Cziko explained that because technology is at a lower level of the belief-goal hierarchy than pedagogical beliefs and teaching approaches (or, in Rokeach’s 1968 schema, less central to a teacher’s belief system), and because lower-level goals are easier to vary, it is no surprise that many teachers adopt tech-nology without changing their pedagogy. In fact, if teachers feel pressured to change their pedagogy in order to accommodate new tech-nologies, they are more likely to resist adopting technology altogether (Zhao & Cziko).

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Julie Book Julie Book (Jan 31 2018 12:06PM) : Time to be creative more

Giving teachers the opportunity to be learners (#1 ISTE Standard), it seems would allow them the opportunity to be exposed to technologies and its uses and creatively expand their beliefs to integrate them. I can see how pressuring, or mandating changes would produce resistance.

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Robert Norman Robert Norman (Feb 02 2018 11:39AM) : Mandated more

I was reading a source that studied user satisfaction after a forced LMS change, and some of the dissatisfaction seemed to stem from the fact that the change was mandatory.

Najmul Islam, A. (2014). Sources of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with a learning management system in post-adoption stage: A critical incident technique approach. Computers in Human Behavior, 30, 249-261.

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Julie Book Julie Book (Feb 03 2018 9:33AM) : Mandates more

Thank you for sharing that article Robert. I think it is human nature to push back any time we are told something is mandated.

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Pamela Wegener Pamela Wegener (Feb 02 2018 11:25AM) : Professional Development more

I’m not an expert on PD, but I would think that creative professional development could introduce the technologies and benefits, letting the teachers formulate their own opinions instead of giving them the technologies (without PD) and telling them to use it.

Although introducing teachers to relatively simple uses of technology may be the most feasi-ble way to initiate the adoption process (Ertmer, 2001; Snoeyink & Ertmer, 2001–2002), additional strategies, such as those advocated here (e.g., engaging teachers in explicit belief exploration, providing opportunities to examine new prac-tices supported by different beliefs), are likely to be needed to move teachers beyond their initial, low-level uses. Without these extra strategies, there is little reason to expect that teachers will adopt higher level uses, as evidenced by the results of a number of recent studies (Barron et al., 2003; Cuban et al., 2001; Newman, 2002).

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According to Nespor (1987), instructional change is not a matter of completely abandoning beliefs, but of gradually replacing them with more relevant beliefs, which Dwyer, Ringstaff, and Sandholtz (1990) suggested are shaped by personal experiences in an “altered” context. To achieve this type of change, Windschitl (2002) recommended approaches to professional development that comprise (a) questioning

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one’s own practice and the practices of others,

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(b) making assumptions explicit, and (c) using classrooms as sites for inquiry. This approach combines suggestions made in the conceptual change literature (i.e., making beliefs and assumptions explicit) with suggestions made in the professional development literature (i.e., providing altered experiences in a relevant con-text). According to Windschitl, this kind of learning can be transformative, fostering funda-mental changes in deeply held beliefs, knowl-edge, and habits of practice. Additional research is needed to determine the efficacy of this approach.

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Vicarious experiences. The power of vicarious experiences for building teacher confidence and competence is supported by both the self-effi-cacy literature and the literature on technology professional development (Bandura, 1997; Downes, 1993; Handler, 1993). For example, Downes noted in her study that the influence of a supervising teacher’s uses of computers was so strong that first-year students, whose supervis-ing teachers used computers with children, were more likely to use computers with children than were third-year students whose supervising teachers did not. Others (Calderhead, 1996; Kagan, 1992) also have described the relatively strong influence of the supervising teacher, not-ing that this influence easily outweighs that of college courses or university instructors.

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Vicarious experiences are considered to be a powerful learning tool because observing sim-ilar others serves both informational and moti-vational functions (Schunk, 2000). That is, models can not only provide information about how to enact specific classroom strategies, they can also increase observers’ confidence for gen-erating the same behaviors. Furthermore, hav-ing access to multiple models increases both the amount of information available about how to accomplish the performance and the probability that observers will perceive themselves as sim-ilar to at least one of the models, thus increasing their confidence for also performing success-fully.

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If, as Guskey (1986) suggested, beliefs follow successful practice, and confidence and compe-tence are foundational to achieving that success,

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then at the very least, confidence and compe-tence must be built before changes to beliefs can be expected. According to Elmore, Peterson, and McCarthey (1996), “. . . teachers’ practices are unlikely to change without some exposure to what teaching actually looks like when it’s being done differently” (p. 241). As suggested by Zhao and Cziko (2001), observing successful others might increase teachers’ perceived need for change as well as assure them that the required changes are not impossible. In addition, if teach-ers are going to actually change their practice, they will need access to others who can both challenge and support them as they implement these new ideas in their classrooms.

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Yet providing opportunities for teachers to experience alternative approaches to teaching is not readily accomplished because of difficulties involved in locating suitable models and in releasing teachers from their classrooms (Albion & Ertmer, 2002). This suggests the need for alter-native approaches that introduce teachers to dif-ferent methods, and provide opportunities for them to test their ideas without having to worry about making mistakes or jeopardizing the progress of their students. Based on the proven effectiveness of vicarious experiences, but recog-nizing the logistical difficulties involved in arranging them, educators have suggested pre-senting teacher models via electronic means: video, CD-ROM, or Web-based technologies (Albion, 2003; Ertmer et al., 2003).

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Preliminary results suggest that these types of electronic models can be effective in increas-ing preservice teachers’ ideas about and self-effi-cacy beliefs for implementing technology in their classrooms. For example, Albion (2003) found that preservice teachers, who interacted with a set of multimedia problem-based scenar-ios in which practicing teachers discussed possi-ble solutions to technology issues, showed significantly greater increases in their self-effi-cacy for teaching with computers compared to a control group. Other data supported the conten-tion that users had changed their conceptions of how to integrate technology into their teaching. Ertmer and her colleagues (2003) found similar results with 69 preservice teachers who explored VisionQuest®, a CD-ROM that featured six classroom teachers who used technology effec-

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tively in their classrooms. Significant increases were noted in participants’ ideas about and self-efficacy for technology integration. Although pedagogical beliefs were not specifically addressed in these studies, there is some indica-tion that it may be possible to address teacher beliefs using similar strategies. Additional research, on the effectiveness of these and other methods for changing and/or refining pedagog-ical beliefs, is needed.

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Social-cultural influences. According to Becker and Riel (1999), teachers’ practices and beliefs are continually shaped by their ongoing experi-ences as teachers, by the values and opinions expressed by those around them, and by the expectations of influential others, all of which are transmitted through formal and informal norms, rules, and procedures. Putnam and Borko (2000) noted that teachers’ practice is more likely to change as they participate in pro-fessional communities that discuss new materi-als, methods, and strategies, and that support the risk taking and struggle involved in trans-forming practice.

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The establishment of a professional learning community as a means to renew both teachers and schools is a common recommendation in the professional development literature (Grant, 1996; Guskey, 1995; Little, 1993). In 2001, the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) revised its professional development standards to reflect these new ideas. Listed first among the 12 revised standards was the acknowledgement that effective staff development “organizes adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school and district” (online).

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The importance of a social network of com-puter-using teachers for sustaining the work of exemplary computer-using teachers has also been reported (Becker, 1994). In one study, the only significant predictor of teachers’ computer use was “subjective norms,” that is, expectations for computer use by influential others in teachers’ lives—principals, colleagues, students, and the profession (Marcinkiewicz & Regstad, 1996). More recently, Lumpe and Chambers (2001) found that teachers’ reported uses of tech-nology-related teaching practices was influ-

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enced by their self-efficacy for teaching with computers, their context beliefs about factors that enabled them to be effective teachers, and the likelihood of those factors occurring in their schools.

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These studies point to the influence of the school environment on how teachers’ beliefs about technology use might be developed and implemented. A recent study (Windschitl & Sahl, 2002) of three teachers learning to use tech-nology in the context of a laptop program found that the ways in which they learned to integrate technology were “powerfully mediated by their interrelated belief systems about learners in schools, about what constituted ‘good teaching’ in the context of the institutional culture, and about the role of technology in students’ lives” (p. 165). Results from the work of Zhao et al. (2002) suggest a similar interpretation: An inno-vation is less likely to be adopted if it deviates too greatly from the prevailing values, pedagog-ical beliefs, and practices of the teachers and administrators in the school. Furthermore, Zhao and Frank (2003) reported that although profes-sional development was available that provided information to their participants about new methods and tools, these activities had little effect on teachers’ classroom practices. Rather, change in teacher beliefs regarding the value of computers was more likely to occur when teach-ers were socialized by their peers to think differ-ently about technology use. This suggests the need to provide ample time for colleagues to interact with and help each other as they explore new technologies, as well as new pedagogies.

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In summary, given what is known about the manner in which beliefs are formed, as well as the relative resistance of beliefs to change, the three strategies described above appear to hold promise for affecting changes in teachers’ beliefs specifically related to integrating technology in the classroom. Furthermore, if these strategies were to be combined with strategies recom-mended in the conceptual change literature (e.g., requiring teachers to explicate their beliefs, pro-viding opportunities to question the adequacy of one’s own beliefs), the potential for change appears greater.

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Specifically, if school personnel were inter-ested in designing professional development

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experiences to effectively initiate and support teachers’ uses of technology, including those supported by new pedagogical beliefs, the fol-lowing components might be considered for inclusion:

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Ongoing public conversations explicating stakeholders’ (teachers, administrators, par-ents) pedagogical beliefs, including explicit discussions about the ways in which technol-ogy can support those beliefs.

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Small communities of practice, in which teachers jointly explore new teaching meth-ods, tools, and beliefs, and support each other as they begin transforming classroom prac-tice.

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Opportunities to observe classroom prac-tices, including technology uses, that are sup-ported by different pedagogical beliefs.

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Technology tools, introduced gradually, beginning with those that support teachers’ current practices and expanding to those that support higher level goals.

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Ongoing technical and pedagogical support as teachers develop confidence and compe-tence with the technological tools, as well as the new instructional strategies required to implement a different set of pedagogical beliefs.

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Implications for Research

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Although research on teacher beliefs is not new (Pajares, 1992), relatively few researchers have examined the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their classroom uses of technology. Yet without a clear understanding of this relationship, practitioners and research-ers may continue to advocate for specific uses of technology that they are unable to facilitate or support, because of these underlying fundamen-tal beliefs. Suggestions for research have been made throughout this article; a few additional questions and issues are highlighted here. For example, based on the current understanding of teachers’ beliefs and their relationship to teachers’ practice, additional research is needed to determine:

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How and when are teachers’ pedagogical beliefs formed?

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How central are these beliefs to a teacher’s identify? How are they used to process new information about teaching methods and tools, including technology tools?

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What are the similarities and differences between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their beliefs about technology (i.e., the extent to which these beliefs are held as either core or peripheral beliefs)?

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What are appropriate instruments for mea-suring these different types of beliefs?

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What is the influence of contextual factors on teachers’ ability to apply their beliefs in prac-tice?

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The answers to these questions have implica-tions for professional development efforts and, as such, lead to another set of questions regard-ing the most effective means for changing teachers’ beliefs:

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How viable are the suggestions listed above?

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Is one strategy (personal vs. vicarious experi-ences; individual vs. group exploration) rela-tively more or less effective for changing beliefs?

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To what extent can we expect these strategies to be effective when used individually rather than in combination?

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If a combination is needed, what is the most effective combination?

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Does change in beliefs occur from the core out, or from the periphery in; that is, should our early professional development efforts focus more on changing core or peripheral beliefs, with the expectation that connected beliefs will change later?

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Although few researchers have yet to exam-ine these issues, this is an area that holds great promise for the future. As noted by Pajares (1992), “Attention to the beliefs of teachers . . .

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can inform educational practice in ways that prevailing research agendas have not and can-not” (p. 329). Furthermore, “when [beliefs] are clearly conceptualized, when their key assump-tions are examined, when precise meanings are consistently understood and when specific belief constructs are properly assessed, they can be the single most important construct in educa-tional research” (p. 329).

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ETR&D, Vol. 53, No. 4

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CONCLUSION

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While the foundations for successful technology integration finally appear to be in place (U.S. DOE, 2003; MDR, 2002), high-level technology use is still surprisingly low (Barron et al., 2003; Newman, 2002; Zhao et al., 2002), suggesting that additional barriers, specifically related to teachers’ pedagogical beliefs, may be at work. Although it is not clear whether beliefs precede or follow practice (Guskey, 1986), what is clear is that we cannot expect to change one without considering the other. As Clark and Peterson (1986) warned, “Teachers’ belief systems can be ignored only at the innovator’s peril” (p. 291). Thus, if we truly hope to increase teachers’ uses of technology, especially uses that increase stu-dent learning, we must consider how teachers’ current classroom practices are rooted in, and mediated by, existing pedagogical beliefs.

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When considering ways to change teachers’ practice, particularly their uses of technology, the literature reviewed here suggests that is impossible to overestimate the influence of teachers’ beliefs. Given that teachers’ decisions are more likely to be guided by familiar images of what is proper and possible in classroom set-tings than by instructional theories (Windschitl, 2002), the challenge becomes one of finding the most effective ways to alter these images. Although personal and vicarious experiences, as well as social and cultural norms, appear to have some potential for altering teachers’ beliefs, research is needed to verify their relative impact.

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Still, it is important to remember that it is not necessary to change teachers’ beliefs before introducing them to various technology applica-tions. A more effective approach might be to introduce teachers to the types of technology uses that can support their most immediate needs (Ertmer, 2001). At the very least, this should increase teachers confidence for using technology so that, over time, higher level uses become more plausible. Still, this has not yet been borne out by the literature. It will be impor-tant to revisit, in the future, those teachers who are currently reporting a variety of low-level uses (Barron et al., 2003) to see if this change occurs and, if it does, to determine the factors that initiated and supported the change.

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TEACHER BELIEFS

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“As schools continue to acquire more and better hardware and software, the benefit to stu-dents increasingly will depend on the skill with which some three million teachers are able to use these new tools” (President’s Panel on Edu-cational Technology, 1997, p. 47). Furthermore, given that these skills are unlikely to be used unless they fit with teachers’ existing pedagogi-cal beliefs, it is imperative that educators increase their understanding of and ability to address teacher beliefs, as part of their efforts to increase teachers’ technology skills and uses. In the best of all worlds, then, this will not only enable teachers to use computers to their full potential but will enable students to reach their full potential as well.

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Peg Ertmer is a professor in the Curriculum and Instruction Department at Purdue University.

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She gratefully acknowledges the support and suggestions provided by three insightful colleagues on earlier versions of this article: Peter Albion, Laurie Brantley-Dias, and Krista Simons. She would also like to thank Steve Ross and three anonymous reviewers for their exceptional feedback and support.

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Dr. Troy Hicks Dr. Troy Hicks (Jan 27 2018 11:29AM) : Reading Task for Ertmer more

Just as we thought about our conceptions of students (and what technology/standards) can do with/for/to students in the Erickson video, we can now think about the technology/standards and what they can do with/for/to teachers in this article.

As you read, make connections between Ertmer’s argument about how and why teachers’ pedagogical beliefs change and the ISTE Standards.

What types of changes outlined in the standards appear to be easy to make? Which changes will be more difficult? Why?

Please offer three initial comments, as well as three replies to your classmates’ comments.

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