Characteristics of Kindergarten Teacher in the Information and Communication Technologies Environment: A Path Analysis

This study examines the extent to which kindergarten teachers' attitudes towards the ICT affects their skills and as a result the level of assimilating ICT in their teaching. The study involved 141 teachers, who responded to anonymous self-reporting online questionnaires. The path analysis test (SEM) results indicate that the attitudes of the kindergarten teachers towards ICT have a positive impact on the levels of skill needed for utilizing computers for internet use and for managing personal knowledge. In addition, it was found that the higher the level of the teachers' internet and communication skill was, the more they used internet websites of specialized content. However, as the level of using Office applications was higher, teachers used less internet websites of specialized content. This study concludes that positive attitudes of teachers towards the internet and computer literacy have crucial influence on the effective implementation of computer usage in the kindergarten.