Teachers' attitude to using information and communication technologies in the classroom
A research report submitted to the Wits School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education by combination of coursework and research Johannesburg, 2015 === Th...
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ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-wits-oai-wiredspace.wits.ac.za-10539-182302019-05-11T03:40:58Z Teachers' attitude to using information and communication technologies in the classroom Du Rand, Jacques Andre A research report submitted to the Wits School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education by combination of coursework and research Johannesburg, 2015 The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of teachers in four secondary schools in Pretoria to the use of Information and Communication Technologies in their classrooms. Digital technology has become an integral part of modern society. Participating teachers completed an online questionnaire based on the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, Bagozzi, & Warshaw, 1989) to gauge their attitude towards using technology in the classroom as well as their intentions to use the technology. Variables such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, technical support, attitude towards using technology and intention to use technology were used. Results revealed that teachers had a positive attitude towards the technology being used at school and their behavioural intention to use the technology was high. 2015-08-13T11:44:43Z 2015-08-13T11:44:43Z 2015-08-13 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18230 en application/pdf application/pdf |
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A
research
report
submitted
to
the
Wits
School
of
Education,
Faculty
of
Humanities,
University
of
the
Witwatersrand
in
partial
fulfilment
of
the
requirements
for
the
degree
of
Master
of
Education
by
combination
of
coursework
and
research
Johannesburg,
2015 === The
purpose
of
this
study
was
to
determine
the
attitudes
of
teachers
in
four
secondary
schools
in
Pretoria
to
the
use
of
Information
and
Communication
Technologies
in
their
classrooms.
Digital
technology
has
become
an
integral
part
of
modern
society.
Participating
teachers
completed
an
online
questionnaire
based
on
the
Technology
Acceptance
Model
(Davis,
Bagozzi,
&
Warshaw,
1989)
to
gauge
their
attitude
towards
using
technology
in
the
classroom
as
well
as
their
intentions
to
use
the
technology.
Variables
such
as
perceived
usefulness,
perceived
ease
of
use,
technical
support,
attitude
towards
using
technology
and
intention
to
use
technology
were
used.
Results
revealed
that
teachers
had
a
positive
attitude
towards
the
technology
being
used
at
school
and
their
behavioural
intention
to
use
the
technology
was
high. |
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| title |
Teachers' attitude to using information and communication technologies in the classroom |
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Teachers' attitude to using information and communication technologies in the classroom |
| title_full |
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Teachers' attitude to using information and communication technologies in the classroom |
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2015 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18230 |
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