Exploring the effect of support and cooperation on teacher’s ICT integration

Abstract

Teacher’s ICT integration is a complicated process with many influencing factors. Among them, school support plays an important role. The school support factor includes both administrative and peer support. In the past, school support factors were often regarded as equal and calculated accordingly; however, other relationships may exist. To explore other possibilities, a large sample of teachers’ ICT integration in Taiwan was drawn to analyze the factors. The initial correlation analysis showed that many factors correlate with teachers’ ICT integration positively, including administrative support and peer cooperation. The regression of the factors, however, showed that administrative support contributes to teacher’s ICT integration negatively. To explore the relationship further, SEM models were tested. The result of the SEM analysis suggests that administrative support on ICT integration is mediated by the peer cooperation. The results of this study reveal the importance of the direct impact of teacher’s peer cooperation on their ICT integration, but also stresses the importance of the mediated effect of administrative support.