Indonesian Language Teachers’ Attitudes toward ICT Utilization in Learning for Elementary School in Surakarta

Abstract

The study deals with Indonesian language teachers’ attitude toward ICT utilization in learning for the elementary school in Surakarta. It also investigates the relationship of attitudes and teachers’ knowledge and the relationship of attitudes and teachers’ skill toward ICT utilization in learning. Moreover, it also attempts to find out teachers’ attitudes toward ICT utilization in accordance with school categories and ICT training. There were 150 Indonesian language teachers from 15 elementary schools in Surakarta, including eight state schools and seven private schools. The data obtained were then analyzed by SPSS version 12.0 program. The result shows that Indonesian language teachers’ attitudes toward ICT utilization in learning are positive. However, teachers’ knowledge and skills still at the beginner level. Besides, it also shows that there are no significant differences in teachers’ attitudes toward ICT utilization in learning related to school categories. Nevertheless, there is a significant difference between Indonesian language teachers’ who had attended ICT training and who had never been.