Singaporean pre-service teachers’ beliefs about epistemology, teaching and learning, and technology

References

• Belenky , M.F. , Clinchy , B.M. , Goldberger , N.R. and Tarule , J.M. 1986 . Women’s ways of knowing , New York : Basic Books .
   Google Scholar
• Biggs , J. 1994 . “ Student learning research and theory: Where do we currently stand? ” . In Improving student learning: Using research to improve student learning , Edited by: Gibbes , G. 1 – 19 . Oxford : Oxford Centre for Staff Development .
   Google Scholar
• Biggs , J. 1999 . Teaching for quality learning at university , Buckingham, UK : Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Boyatzis , R.E. 1998 . Transforming qualitative information: Thematic analysis and code development , Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Brownlee , J. 2001 . Knowing and learning in teacher education: A theoretical framework of core and peripheral epistemological beliefs . Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education & Development , 4 ( 1 ) : 131 – 155 .
   Google Scholar
• Buehl , M.M. 2008 . “ Assessing the multidimensionality of students’ epistemic beliefs across diverse cultures ” . In Knowing, knowledge and beliefs: Epistemological studies across diverse cultures , Edited by: Khine , M.S. 65 – 112 . Dordrecht, , Netherlands : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Chai , C.S. 2010 . Teachers’ epistemic beliefs and their pedagogical beliefs: A qualitative case study among Singaporean teachers . The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology , 9 ( 4 ) : 128 – 139 .
   Google Scholar
• Chai , C.S. and Khine , M.S. 2008 . “ Assessing the epistemological and pedagogical beliefs among pre-service teachers in Singapore ” . In Knowing, knowledge and beliefs: Epistemological studies across diverse cultures , Edited by: Khine , M.S. 287 – 299 . Dordrecht, , Netherlands : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Chan , K.W. 2003 . Hong Kong teacher education students’ epistemological beliefs and approaches to learning . Research in Education , 69 : 36 – 50 .
   Google Scholar
• Chan , K.W. and Elliott , R.G. 2004 . Relational analysis of personal epistemology and conceptions about teaching and learning . Teaching and Teacher Education , 20 : 817 – 831 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chan , K.W. , Tan , J. and Khoo , A. 2007 . Pre-service teachers’ conceptions about teaching and learning: A closer look at Singapore cultural context . Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education , 35 ( 2 ) : 181 – 195 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cheng , M.H.H. , Chan , K.W. , Tang , S.Y.F. and Cheng , A.Y.N. 2009 . Pre-service teacher education students’ epistemological beliefs and their conceptions of teaching . Teaching and Teacher Education , 25 : 319 – 327 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dart , B. , Burnett , P.C. , Purdie , N. , Boulton-Lewis , G. , Campbell , J. and Smith , D. 2000 . Influences of students’ conceptions of learning and the classroom environment on approaches to learning . Journal of Educational Research , 93 : 262 – 272 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dawson , V. 2008 . Use of information communication technology by early career science teachers in Western Australia . International Journal of Science Education , 30 ( 2 ) : 203 – 219 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Drever , E. 1995 . Using semi-structured interviews in small-scale research: A teacher’s guide , Glasgow, , UK : Scottish Council for Research in Education .
   Google Scholar
• Ertmer , P.A. 2005 . Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration . Educational Technology Research and Development , 53 ( 4 ) : 25 – 39 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ertmer, P.A., S. Gopalakrishnan, and E.M. Ross. 2001. Technology-using teachers: Comparing perceptions of exemplary technology use to best practices. Journal of Research on Technology in Education 33, no. 5. http://www.iste.org/jrte/33/5/ertmer.html.
   Google Scholar
• Fox , R. and Henri , J. 2005 . Understanding teacher mindsets: IT and change in Hong Kong schools . Journal of Educational Technology & Society , 8 ( 2 ) : 161 – 169 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hammond , M. , Fragkouli , E. , Suandi , I. , Crosson , S. , Ingram , J. , Johnston-Wilder , P. , Johnston-Wilder , S. , Kingston , Y. , Pope , M. and Wray , D. 2009 . What happens as student teachers who made very good use of ICT during pre-service training enter their first year of teaching? . Teacher Development , 13 ( 2 ) : 93 – 106 .
   Google Scholar
• Hermans , R. , Tondeur , J. , van Braak , J. and Valcke , M. 2008 . The impact of primary school teachers’ education beliefs on the classroom use of computers . Computers & Education , 51 : 1499 – 1509 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hofer , B.K. 2001 . Personal epistemology research: Implications for learning and teaching . Educational Psychology Review , 13 ( 4 ) : 353 – 383 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hofer , B.K. and Pintrich , P.R. 1997 . The development of epistemological theories: Beliefs about knowledge and knowing and their relation to learning . Review of Educational Research , 67 ( 1 ) : 88 – 140 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hofer , B.K. and Pintrich , P.R. , eds. 2002 . Personal epistemology: The theory of beliefs about knowledge and knowing , Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates .
   Google Scholar
• Jimoyiannis , A. and Komis , V. 2007 . Examining teachers’ beliefs about ICT in education: Implications of a teacher preparation programme . Teacher Development , 11 ( 2 ) : 149 – 173 .
   Google Scholar
• Jonassen , D. , Howland , J. , Marra , R. and Crismond , D. 2008 . Meaningful learning with technology , 3rd ed. , Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson .
   Google Scholar
• Kane , R. , Sandretto , S. and Heath , C. 2002 . Telling half the story: A critical review of research on the teaching beliefs and practices of university academics . Review of Educational Research , 72 ( 2 ) : 177 – 228 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• King , P.M. and Kitchener , K.S. 1994 . Developing reflective judgment: Understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults , San Francisco : Jossey-Bass .
   Google Scholar
• Lim , C.P. and Chan , B.C. 2007 . Micro lessons in teacher education: Examining pre-service teachers’ pedagogical beliefs . Computers and Education , 48 ( 3 ) : 474 – 494 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lim , C.P. and Chai , C.S. 2008 . Teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their planning and conduct of computer-mediated classroom lessons . British Journal of Educational Technology , 39 ( 5 ) : 807 – 828 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marton , F. , Dall’Alba , G. and Beaty , E. 1993 . Conceptions of learning . International Journal of Educational Research , 46 : 4 – 11 .
   Google Scholar
• Niederhauser , D.S. and Stoddart , T. 2001 . Teachers’ instructional perspectives and use of educational software . Teaching and Teacher Education , 17 : 15 – 31 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Perry , W.G. 1970 . Forms of intellectual and ethical development in the college years: A scheme , New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston .
   Google Scholar
• Sandoval , W.A. 2009 . In defense of clarity in the study of personal epistemology . Journal of the Learning Sciences , 18 ( 1 ) : 150 – 161 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schommer , M. 1990 . Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on comprehension . Journal of Educational Psychology , 82 ( 3 ) : 498 – 504 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schommer , M. 1993 . Epistemological development and academic performance among secondary students . Journal of Educational Psychology , 85 ( 3 ) : 406 – 411 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schommer , M. 1994 . Synthesizing epistemological belief research: Tentative understandings and provocative confusions . Educational Psychology Review , 6 ( 4 ) : 293 – 319 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Teo , T. , Chai , C.S. , Hung , D. and Lee , C.B. 2008 . Beliefs about teaching and uses of technology among pre-service teachers . Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education , 36 ( 2 ) : 165 – 176 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• White , B.C. 2000 . Pre-service teachers’ epistemology viewed through perspectives on problematic classroom situations . Journal of Education for Teaching , 26 ( 3 ) : 279 – 305 .
   Google Scholar
• Wong , B. and Chai , C.S. 2010 . Asian personal epistemologies and beyond: Overview and some reflections . The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher , 19 ( 1 ) : 1 – 6 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar