Merle Taimalu
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 150034 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Merle Taimalu |
| PRENOMES | Merle |
| SOBRENOME | Taimalu |
| ASSINATURA | TAIMALU M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Tartu |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Predicting the Intention to Use Technology in Education among Student Teachers
Teacher education must provide the knowledge and skills necessary for technology integration, but also influence attitudes and beliefs. Little research has been conducted on how knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes predict teachers’ intentions to use technology. The aim of this study was to identify how perceived knowledge about technology integration, and beliefs and attitudes towards using technology, impact the intention to use technology among s…
Why They Choose a Teaching Career? Factors Motivating Career Choice Among Estonian and Finnish Student Teachers
There are problems with the recruitment and retention of teachers in many countries. Several factors in the environment can influence these decisions. The current study compared factors that motivated Estonian and Finnish student teachers in their career choice, including perceptions about teaching work. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed on a sample of 718 Estonian and 322 Finnish students and measurement invariances were tested. The re…
The characteristics of students, blog groups and blogging that predict reflection in blogs during teaching practice and induction year
The impact of beliefs and knowledge on the integration of technology among teacher educators
Validity and Reliability of Two Instruments to Measure Reflection
Over the years, researchers have used several methods to investigate reflection. These are based on various theories. Researchers mainly use qualitative methods to study reflection, but mixed methods and quantitative studies are carried out as well. A number of different scales have been developed and used to measure reflection. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the internal consistency and factor structure of two instruments for measu…
Self-Reported Fears as Indicators of Young Children’s Well-Being in Societal Change
Child-Parent Agreement in the Assessment of Young Children's Fears
Finnish and Estonian parents' assessments of their 5- to 6-year-old children's fears (selected items of the Ollendick Fear Survey Schedule) were compared with children's self-reported fears in a semistructured interview that included a picture-aided section. Representative samples from Finland and Estonia consisted of 330 child-parent pairs. The level of agreement between the informants'assessmentswas lowin both countries. Children reported more …
Estonian Teachers’ Beliefs on Teacher Efficacy and Influencing Factors
The teacher efficacy concept encompasses a collection of beliefs, attitudes and emotions that basically guide the work of individuals and accounts for individual differences in teaching effectiveness. Generally, teacher efficacy is the belief of a teacher that s/he can influence students' achievements. The aim of this paper is to analyse Estonian teachers' efficacy beliefs and the characteristics of teachers that have an impact on teacher efficac…
Studying Fears in Young Children
The article introduces two interview methods for studying young children' fears, applied in separate studies with representative samples of children aged 5-6 in Finland ( N = 222) and Estonia ( N = 117). The semi-structured interview was based on the question, `What things are you afraid of?' The article describes the interview scheme as well as the interview process. The picture-aided interview was designed on the basis of the Fear Survey Schedu…
The impact of beliefs and knowledge on the integration of technology among teacher educators
Studying Fears in Young Children
The article introduces two interview methods for studying young children' fears, applied in separate studies with representative samples of children aged 5-6 in Finland ( N = 222) and Estonia ( N = 117). The semi-structured interview was based on the question, `What things are you afraid of?' The article describes the interview scheme as well as the interview process. The picture-aided interview was designed on the basis of the Fear Survey Schedu…
Self-Reported Fears as Indicators of Young Children’s Well-Being in Societal Change
Studying Fears in Young Children
The article introduces two interview methods for studying young children' fears, applied in separate studies with representative samples of children aged 5-6 in Finland ( N = 222) and Estonia ( N = 117). The semi-structured interview was based on the question, `What things are you afraid of?' The article describes the interview scheme as well as the interview process. The picture-aided interview was designed on the basis of the Fear Survey Schedu…
Estonian Teachers’ Beliefs on Teacher Efficacy and Influencing Factors
The teacher efficacy concept encompasses a collection of beliefs, attitudes and emotions that basically guide the work of individuals and accounts for individual differences in teaching effectiveness. Generally, teacher efficacy is the belief of a teacher that s/he can influence students' achievements. The aim of this paper is to analyse Estonian teachers' efficacy beliefs and the characteristics of teachers that have an impact on teacher efficac…
Self-Reported Fears as Indicators of Young Children’s Well-Being in Societal Change
Child-Parent Agreement in the Assessment of Young Children's Fears
Finnish and Estonian parents' assessments of their 5- to 6-year-old children's fears (selected items of the Ollendick Fear Survey Schedule) were compared with children's self-reported fears in a semistructured interview that included a picture-aided section. Representative samples from Finland and Estonia consisted of 330 child-parent pairs. The level of agreement between the informants'assessmentswas lowin both countries. Children reported more …
Validity and Reliability of Two Instruments to Measure Reflection
Over the years, researchers have used several methods to investigate reflection. These are based on various theories. Researchers mainly use qualitative methods to study reflection, but mixed methods and quantitative studies are carried out as well. A number of different scales have been developed and used to measure reflection. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the internal consistency and factor structure of two instruments for measu…
The impact of beliefs and knowledge on the integration of technology among teacher educators
The characteristics of students, blog groups and blogging that predict reflection in blogs during teaching practice and induction year
Predicting the Intention to Use Technology in Education among Student Teachers
Teacher education must provide the knowledge and skills necessary for technology integration, but also influence attitudes and beliefs. Little research has been conducted on how knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes predict teachers’ intentions to use technology. The aim of this study was to identify how perceived knowledge about technology integration, and beliefs and attitudes towards using technology, impact the intention to use technology among s…
Why They Choose a Teaching Career? Factors Motivating Career Choice Among Estonian and Finnish Student Teachers
There are problems with the recruitment and retention of teachers in many countries. Several factors in the environment can influence these decisions. The current study compared factors that motivated Estonian and Finnish student teachers in their career choice, including perceptions about teaching work. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed on a sample of 718 Estonian and 322 Finnish students and measurement invariances were tested. The re…
Psychology (9 obras) · Mathematics education (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Estonian (4 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 obras) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 obras) · Pedagogy (3 obras) · Clinical Psychology (2 obras) · Confirmatory factor analysis (2 obras) · Developmental psychology (2 obras)