Research On The Influencing Factors Of Junior High School Teachers’ Application Of Interactive Whiteboard In Class

With the vigorous development of all kinds of emerging educational technology and the deep integration of the information technology and curriculum,the interactive whiteboard (IWB) as an important technology in the classroom teaching has realized the popularization and promotion quickly. The interactive whiteboard which integrates the high quality of traditional blackboard and computer and achieves good classroom interaction, has shown obvious effect in teaching. There are still some studies show that although the interactive whiteboard has been strongly supported and promoted by the relevant departments of education in the country and region, teachers’ actual usage of the IWB in the classroom is not ideal.Based on the above problems,this study discusses the factors that influence the direct users’ willingness and the behavior of actual use of IWB from the perspective of teachers.This study combed the research direction and research field of IWB in recent years and established the research problem and research direction. Based on UTAUT model and combined with the technical characteristics of IWB,the author constructed the model preliminary and proposed the hypothesis for this study.Then the author designed the questionnaire of IWB and issued these questionnaires to 129 junior high school teachers from H province.In this study, SPSS software was used to test the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, and then the descriptive statistical analysis of each influencing factor and the significance test of the adjustment variables were carried out. The path between the influencing factors and the using behavior were analyzed by using AMOS software.The study results show that performance expectancy and social influence can positively affect teachers behavioral intention;Behavioral intention,facilitating conditions and effort expectancy can positively affect teachers’usage of IWB;Gender has no significant difference in performance expectancy,effort expectancy and social influence;Age has signigicant difference in performance expectancy;Subject has signigicant difference in performance expectancy,effort expectancy and facilitating conditions.Based on the results of empirical study and combined with the present situation of interactive electronic whiteboard application in H area,this study explores the influencing factors of junior middle school teachers of interactive whiteboard in classroom application, and puts forward practical suggestions to strengthen the teachers’ use of interactive whiteboard.