K-12 Teachers’ Online Teaching Intention: Factors of Teacher Demography and Platform Function

Abstract

With the development of online education, online teaching platforms are becoming increasingly important for teachers’ online teaching experience and intention. Based on the survey data collected from 1214 teachers in primary and middle schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a structural equation model to explore the relationship among K- 12 teachers’ demographic characteristics, the perceived functions of online teaching platforms, and the teachers’ satisfaction and behavioral intentions for online instruction. The study showed that teachers’ school level had a high degree of influence on the perception of platforms’ functions and platform operability, course management, learning assessment functions of platforms can affect teachers’ satisfaction and behavioral intentions for platforms. The study results can provide useful suggestions for preparing K-12 teachers for online education and improving the functions of online teaching platforms.