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Given the increasing pressure exerted by technological developments on education, it is important to understand the perceived ‘technophobia’ of teachers and to determine whether fear is the underlying factor behind their decisions regarding technology. Oral interviews were conducted with 10 L2 teachers and analyzed for their content in light of the following questions: (1) What are the reasons behind L2 teachers' decisions to use technology for teaching? (2) Why do some L2 teachers choose not to use computers in their teaching? (3) What factors influence these decisions? The main reasons are related to the teacher's personal belief in technology's benefits, or lack thereof, rather than to a resistance to technology. This finding suggests that teachers are not really ‘technophobic’ and that institutions are perhaps overly ‘technophilic’ in their rush to obtain the latest innovations without considering the needs of teachers and students.
Yvonne Lam (Wed,) studied this question.