The major purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between personal factors of teachers in primary education and their affective valences to participate in professional development...Show moreThe major purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between personal factors of teachers in primary education and their affective valences to participate in professional development activities of educational ICT use. For this purpose, a questionnaire was distributed to teachers in primary education in the Netherlands (N = 211). A chi-square test was used to investigate whether there is a relation between gender and positive or negative valences. A t test for two independent samples was used to investigate if there was a difference in affective valences between young and old teachers. In addition, a simple linear regression is used to examine if ICT-attitude could be a predictor for the affective valences. The results show that there is no relation between male and female teachers and positive or negative affective valences. Furthermore, no significant difference has been found in affective valences between young and old teachers. The results of the simple linear regression show that ICT-attitude predicted a significant proportion of the variance of the affective valences. The second purpose of this study is to find out which affective valences teachers have regarding to participate in professional development activities of educational ICT use. This is investigated with semi-structured interviews. Teachers mentioned both positive and negative affective valences.Show less
