英文摘要 |
This study analyzed the professional development of elementary school teachers who participated in online-learning-community-led professional development activities during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology was applied to describe how the behavioral intention of teachers to participate in online learning communities affects their professional development through the mediators of usage behavior and organizational trust. This study recruited 656 teachers from 73 schools who were part of online learning communities during the pandemic, and hierarchical linear modeling was used for data analysis. The research results revealed that the teachers' behavioral intention to participate in online learning communities positively and directly influenced their professional development, their trust in their colleagues had significant and positive effects on their levels of professional ethics and professional reflection, and their trust in the administration of the course had positive effects on four dimensions of professional development. However, the teachers' trust in their principals did not significantly influence their professional development. In terms of mediating effects, behavioral intention indirectly affected professional development, with usage behavior serving as a partial or full mediator. When organizational trust was included as a mediator, performance-related expectations indirectly affected professional ethics and trust in one's colleagues served as a partial mediator; effort-related expectations indirectly affected professional practice and trust in the administration of the course served as a partial mediator; and social influence indirectly affected professional reflection and trust in the administration of the course served as a partial mediator. |