Transfer of Training and Its Relationship with Reasons for Participation and Realization Factors – A Study of ICT Training Among Teachers of a Public Secondary School in Malaysia

Abstract

In this technological era, computers are used to solve various problems. One use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching and Learning (T & L) is through the use of computers. It was observed that an increasing number of schools in Malaysia are now undertaking training to develop skills in the use of ICT in teaching and other school activities, including classroom management. Therefore, to ensure that teachers bring their skills to actual classroom teaching, transfer of training among teachers who attended the ICT training program is very important as they need to transfer the learned knowledge to their students. Hence, this study is aimed to determine the effects of the reasons for ICT training participation and factors obstructing realization of ICT training towards the transfer of training among teachers. Based on eighty teachers surveyed in a public secondary school of Malaysia found that both reasons for participation and realization factors were significantly related with transfer of training among teachers who had attended ICT training. This study therefore indicates that careful considerations should be taken in ensuring interference issues being handled properly in designing ICT training among teachers so that transfer of training be achieved successfully.