Wednesday, March 20
5:45 PM-7:00 PM
PDT
Celebrity Ballroom 1&2

A Survey to Investigate Teachers’ Perspectives toward Technology Integration in Teaching in Delhi, India

Poster/Demo ID: 54236
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    Shilpa Sahay
    University of Florida
  2. Kara Dawson
    University of Florida

Abstract: A survey was conducted to investigate teachers’ perspectives toward ICT integration in teaching at government schools of Delhi, India. Teachers’ perspectives were measured in terms of their knowledge, attitudes, decisions and practice of ICT in teaching and learning. These variables were based on Rogers’ Innovation-Decision Process (IDP) model. American India Foundation (AIF), a non-profit organization had been running its Digital Equalizer (DE) program in the government schools of Delhi since 2009. The participants of this research were the teachers of the DE schools for the academic year 2016-17. 191 teachers filled and returned the survey. Some of the major highlights from the evaluation conducted suggested that in the recent past (especially, in the last two years) a lot of the teachers received technology usage training and many started to use ICT in their teaching. Broadly, teachers were at a medium level of technological skills and knowledge and held a positive attitude toward integrating technologies in teaching. The majority of teachers had been using ICT and had decided to continue its use in the future. Schools had lent a supporting hand to teachers to continue their exploration of technological use in teaching and learning. A recommendation for further study would be to explore whether these teachers would continue the integration of technology in teaching or not without any support from third parties like private and non-profit organizations.

Presider: Monique Woodard, Wilkes University

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