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Empirical studies dealing with the relationship between personality and attitudinal variables on the one hand and computer related variables on the other have consistently indicated that not all teachers or pupils relate in the same positive way to the use of Information Technology (IT) in the educational situation. It appears that certain personality traits and attitudinal sets characterising teachers and pupils are related to positive computer related attitudes whereas other personality variables or attitudinal constructs are connected to less positive computer related attitudes.
A national strategy of introducing computers into the educational system should take personality and attitudinal variables of both teachers and pupils into consideration in order to achieve as efficient and as cost-effective a utilisation of computers in the classroom as possible. It is also postulated that different personality and attitudinal constructs will be related to differential attitudes towards the various hardware and software packages available for instruction and learning.
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Katz, Y.J. (1997). The centrality of affective variables in the implementation of a national strategy for teacher and pupil information technology suitability in elementary schools. In: Passey, D., Samways, B. (eds) Information Technology. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35081-3_11
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