ERIC EJ1105654: An Assessment of Teachers’ Abilities pdf

ERIC EJ1105654: An Assessment of Teachers’ Abilities

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The purpose of this study was to describe instances of pedagogical practices of teachers using ICTs and the enhancements of practices using traditional methods, to more fundamental changes in their approach to teaching. Using a mixed method, the research examined the impact of increased education level on the ICT use competence perception and the influence of ICT knowledge level and skills on the adoption of blended learning contents. Four schools were used for this study; two picked out of 50 that are enhanced with ICT infrastructures while the other two were picked from schools without enough ICT infrastructures. Three research questions guided the study. Data collection included teachers, schools inspection officers, curriculum development experts, teacher trainees, and policymakers’ interviews, questionnaires, classroom observations, and document reviews. Data analysis concentrated on the central questions of the study. The results suggested that teachers’ education level could not determine their ICT knowledge level.

Either, the ICT knowledge level has influences on the decision to use blended learning. Barriers to ICT use in education were revealed as: internal–more of personal attitudes and perceptions about a technology, and external–lack of availability and accessibility to the relevant resources (hardware and software), lack of framework that address integration of ICTs in teaching and learning, and unreliable Internet connection. Resulting from the results, this study suggests a goal-oriented teacher training framework which should address a complex integration of technology, content, pedagogy, school infrastructures, and the overall objectives of the education systems as trivial of ICT use determining factors

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2016
• Year: 2016
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Knowledge Level, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires, Interviews, Preservice Teachers, Educational Attainment, Kihoza, Patrick D.|Zlotnikova, Irina|Bada, Joseph Kizito|Kalegele, Khamisi

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