Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers

Previous studies revealed that the socio-demographic factors are vital and would sway the actual usage of computer (AUC) among secondary school teachers. Nevertheless the outcome of previous studies had shown inconsistent results. Hence, it is pertinent to investigate further on the influence of soc...

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Main Authors: Samy, Naresh Kumar, Che Rose, Raduan, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eurojournals 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14706/
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Che Rose, Raduan
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description Previous studies revealed that the socio-demographic factors are vital and would sway the actual usage of computer (AUC) among secondary school teachers. Nevertheless the outcome of previous studies had shown inconsistent results. Hence, it is pertinent to investigate further on the influence of socio-demographic factors of gender, age, teaching experience, main subject taught, and training in computer usage on AUC among secondary school teachers. The AUC means the intensity of the computer usage by teachers, which would be measured in terms of how frequently the computer is used for job related and personal tasks. Interestingly this study has been carried out in Malaysia seeing that numerous incentives and support were given to the Mathematics, Science and English language (MSE) teachers to use computer in schools but preliminary observations found that they are not fully making use of the investment in technology.
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spelling upm-147062016-03-30T08:48:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14706/ Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers Samy, Naresh Kumar Che Rose, Raduan Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Previous studies revealed that the socio-demographic factors are vital and would sway the actual usage of computer (AUC) among secondary school teachers. Nevertheless the outcome of previous studies had shown inconsistent results. Hence, it is pertinent to investigate further on the influence of socio-demographic factors of gender, age, teaching experience, main subject taught, and training in computer usage on AUC among secondary school teachers. The AUC means the intensity of the computer usage by teachers, which would be measured in terms of how frequently the computer is used for job related and personal tasks. Interestingly this study has been carried out in Malaysia seeing that numerous incentives and support were given to the Mathematics, Science and English language (MSE) teachers to use computer in schools but preliminary observations found that they are not fully making use of the investment in technology. Eurojournals 2008-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14706/1/Factors%20influencing%20the%20effective%20use%20of%20technology%20among%20Malaysian%20teachers.pdf Samy, Naresh Kumar and Che Rose, Raduan and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2008) Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers. European Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (4). pp. 108-125. ISSN 1450-2267
spellingShingle Samy, Naresh Kumar
Che Rose, Raduan
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers
title Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers
title_full Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers
title_fullStr Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers
title_short Factors influencing the effective use of technology among Malaysian teachers
title_sort factors influencing the effective use of technology among malaysian teachers
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14706/
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