Exploring secondary education teachers’ attitudes and beliefs towards

The survey presented in this article aims at the investigation of secondary education teachers ’ attitudes and beliefs about ICT in education. It has been administered to a total of 240 secondary education teachers, coming from the Ioannina prefecture, in Greece. Our results show that the great majority of the teachers in the sample are positive towards acquiring basic skills on ICT, applying ICT tools in their instruction and the role that ICT could play in education. We have recorded differences in teachers ’ beliefs according to their attributes such as gender, specialty, teaching experience, computer experience, training on ICT, and computer ownership. Our findings have also revealed some parameters, which interfere making thus many teachers cautious or fearful about ICT integration in the educational practice. On the other hand, multivariate analysis has identified three discrete groups of teachers which have exhibited a persistent and rather consistent approach: a group having strongly positive attitudes about ICT in education, a second group of teachers which are in general positive, and a third one with negative or neutral beliefs