In- Service Teachers Attitude Towards Information and Communication Technology in Education

Abstract

Technology tools have become a part and parcel of our life. The introduction of technology to the field of education has completely changed the conventional way of teaching and learning by modifying and making the enormous use of technology in the field of education. In order to make the best use of our resources, it is essential that all persons engaged in the educational enterprise and especially the teacher should understand adequately the dynamics and mechanism of educational technology and provide the best possible education to the students. Also the favourable attitude of teachers’ towards using new technology in teaching will certainly make teachers use them in appropriate situations in teaching and thus measuring of teachers’ attitude towards using new technology in teaching is very much needed. This study examined empirically in-service teachers’ competence and attitude towards information and communication technology. Gender and stream influence on their attitude were also examined. The results show that no significant difference was found in the in-service teachers attitude towards Information and communication technology with respect to gender, locality and streams. Thus, using Information & Communication Technology in education should not be understood as using it as a tool to transfer instructional material and rehearsal but as a medium for learning, discovering, sharing and creating knowledge.