Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)

The research was carried out in order to find out how do the teachers integrated ICT in the Science lessons in primary schools in the Sarikei District, Sarawak. The data collected through using questionnaires and interviews. Forty five teachers who teach Science subject were randomly selected fro...

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Main Author: Lau , Kim Hock
Format: Thesis
Published: 2006
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description The research was carried out in order to find out how do the teachers integrated ICT in the Science lessons in primary schools in the Sarikei District, Sarawak. The data collected through using questionnaires and interviews. Forty five teachers who teach Science subject were randomly selected from 172 Science teachers in Sarikei District as respondents in this study. SPSS programme is used to analyze data to obtain frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The result will benefit the educational administers in planning activities and programmes catering to the needs of teachers to enhance the teacher professionalism. The findings showed that the level of integrated ICT in the Science lessons in primary schools is still low. They showed good perception toward computer usage in teaching and learning. The finding also shows the skill of using computer is still at the low level. The research also showed the problems which teachers are facing in teaching and learning science in class. The implication of the findings also discussed in this study. It is hoped that the research can give a general idea about the level of integration of ICT among science teachers. Beside that, it is also hoped that the computer skills among primary school science teachers can be improved. (Author's abstract)
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spelling oai:eprints.oum.edu.my:3292013-07-19T03:48:10Z Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only) Lau , Kim Hock LB1501 Primary Education The research was carried out in order to find out how do the teachers integrated ICT in the Science lessons in primary schools in the Sarikei District, Sarawak. The data collected through using questionnaires and interviews. Forty five teachers who teach Science subject were randomly selected from 172 Science teachers in Sarikei District as respondents in this study. SPSS programme is used to analyze data to obtain frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The result will benefit the educational administers in planning activities and programmes catering to the needs of teachers to enhance the teacher professionalism. The findings showed that the level of integrated ICT in the Science lessons in primary schools is still low. They showed good perception toward computer usage in teaching and learning. The finding also shows the skill of using computer is still at the low level. The research also showed the problems which teachers are facing in teaching and learning science in class. The implication of the findings also discussed in this study. It is hoped that the research can give a general idea about the level of integration of ICT among science teachers. Beside that, it is also hoped that the computer skills among primary school science teachers can be improved. (Author's abstract) 2006 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/329/1/lau.pdf Lau , Kim Hock (2006) Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only). Masters thesis, Open University Malaysia (OUM). https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/329/
spellingShingle LB1501 Primary Education
Lau , Kim Hock
Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)
title Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)
title_full Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)
title_fullStr Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)
title_full_unstemmed Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)
title_short Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)
title_sort integration of ict in the teaching of science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (table of contents and abstract only)
topic LB1501 Primary Education
url https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/329/