Predictive power of teachers' mindsets and digital competence on ICT integration in teaching

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the relationship between teachers' mindsets (growth mindset and fixed mindset), teachers' digital competence, teachers' age, gender, years of teaching experience, and information and communication technology (ICT) use in teaching in elementary schools, in a city located at the Northwest region of Saudi Arabia. This study also examined the predictive power of independent variables teachers' mindsets regarding teaching, teachers' digital competence, and the background variables (teachers' gender, age, years of teaching experience) on teachers' usage and integration of ICT in teaching (dependent variable) after accounting for the influence of COVID-19 (Which was treated as a covariate). For this purpose, a quantitative method was used, and a number of instruments were distributed to teachers teaching at elementary public schools in Saudi Arabia. To collect data, this study utilized a convenience sampling technique in addition to snowballing sampling technique. Descriptive, correlational, and multiple regression analyses were performed to answer research questions and test hypotheses posed in this study. The descriptive analyses showed that Saudi teachers perceive themselves as having a high level of digital competence as well as a growth mindset. Correlational analyses revealed that teachers' digital competence and the use of ICT in teaching are strongly correlated. Teachers' growth mindset strongly correlated with teachers' use of ICT in teaching. Plus, teachers' growth mindset is also strongly correlated with teachers' digital competence. Multiple regression analysis results indicated that there are only two predictors of teachers' use of ICT in teaching. Those two predictors are teachers' digital competence and teachers' mindset (growth mindset). Other independent variables like the influence of COVID-19, and teachers' gender, age, and years of teaching experience did not predict the outcome variable (ICT use and integration in teaching). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)