Factors affecting teacher's us of ict

Factors affecting teacher's us of ict

Factors that prevent rteachers from using technology

-lack of teaching experience with ict

-lack of computer availability

-lack of fiancial support

Teacher resistance to computer

-Resistance to organisational change

-Teacher perceptions

-Personal an psychological factors

The role of the teacher in relation to ICT and its effect on pedagogy

The research drew upon school impovement methodologies and made use of a model of teaching and learning

Pedagogical content knowledge: The blending of content and pedagogy into an understanding how particular topics, probles or issues are organised.

The teachers made use of ICT following this characteristics

-Positive rather than negative attitude

-Pupil choice rather than teacher direction

-Pupil empowerment as learners rather than pupils recieving instruction

-Preference for individual study rather than pupils recieving instruction

Studies of Teacher learning to intergrate technology into their teaching.

Conditions to the ucces use of ICT

-Initial succes with the technology through the hands-on demostration and the provision of user-friendly hardware and software.

-The portability of the equipment

-Forman and informal support