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This research aims to understand how preschool teachers' self-efficacy affects their beliefs about educational technology and subsequently their technological pedagogical knowledge.

July 5, 2026Participatory Educational ResearchOpen Access

The Mediating Role of Technology Beliefs in the Relationship Between Preschool Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Technological Pedagogical Knowledge

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This research aims to understand how preschool teachers' self-efficacy affects their beliefs about educational technology and subsequently their technological pedagogical knowledge.
Cross-sectional survey design with a sample of 112 preschool teachers.
Structural equation modeling was applied to test mediation effects using Hayes PROCESS macro with bootstrapping.
Parallel mediation analysis examined the influence of self-efficacy on positive and negative beliefs about educational technology.
Self-efficacy was positively associated with positive educational technology beliefs (p<0.01).
Negative beliefs about educational technology were found to significantly hinder technological pedagogical knowledge (p<0.01).
The direct effect of self-efficacy on technological pedagogical knowledge became non-significant after mediators were included, indicating full mediation.

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Randomized trial reveals self-efficacy influences educational technology beliefs in preschool teachers, indicating important pathways to enhance teaching effectiveness.

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Fatih Saltan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a49f503f5d1d45b288002a4 https://doi.org/10.17275/per.26.52.13.4

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Randomized trial reveals self-efficacy influences educational technology beliefs in preschool teachers, indicating important pathways to enhance teaching effectiveness.

The Mediating Role of Technology Beliefs in the Relationship Between Preschool Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Technological Pedagogical Knowledge

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