EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE AMONG PRIMARY TEACHERS IN XI’AN, CHINA USING EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT MODEL

Abstract

With the rapid development of educational informatization, many new educational technologies have been introduced into the teaching, and new educational technologies have attracted more and more researchers' attention. As the direct user of educational technology, teachers' acceptance of educational technology and the application of educational technology in theteaching activities have a significant impact on the application effect of educational technology.

Through the existing literature researches, this paper combs the relevant research on educational technology and technology acceptance model, analyzes the research status of primary school teachers' acceptance of the educational technology. The research selects the key factors affecting teachers' acceptance of educational technology, constructs teachers' acceptance model of educational technology, and designs a questionnaire. After the researcher completed the pilot test, the results showed that the reliability and construct validity of the questionnaire met the standards and could be used to collect data on a large scale. Through data analysis, this paper further expounds the key factors affecting teachers' acceptance of educational technology. Based on the analysis of the data, this paper puts forward some recommendations to promote teachers' acceptance of educational technology in primary schools.