Challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computers in English language classrooms in the Samarahan and Kuching districts
This study identified the challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computer s in English language classroom s around the Samarahan and Kuching District s and investigates the factors that contribute d to such challenges. A ques tionnaire con...
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my.unimas.ir-67512024-10-09T04:54:13Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6751/ Challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computers in English language classrooms in the Samarahan and Kuching districts Prisca, anak Ugus. LB Theory and practice of education PE English This study identified the challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computer s in English language classroom s around the Samarahan and Kuching District s and investigates the factors that contribute d to such challenges. A ques tionnaire consist ing of 20 items about the challenges faced by the teacher s were administered to a group of 100 teachers from 12 secondary schools around the Samarahan and Kuching District s. A semi - structured interview was also conducted to investigate th e factors that contribute d to such challenges. There were 6 semi - structured questions for the respondents to answer during the interview sessions. For this purpose, 12 respondents were chosen randomly to represent the target population. The questionnair es are analyzed by using the statistical analysis and the semi - structured interview was analyzed qualitatively. The findings and discussions appeared to show that availability which is 74% was the most challenges faced by the teacher in integrating comput er, followed by 65% challenges due to time constraint, 49% challenges in teaching preparation, 24% challenges due to technical problems, next 15% challenges due to the teachers attitude and motivation and lastly, lack of technology skills that is 14% was t he least challenges. Factors have been identified to be the causes to the challenges faced. The main factors are the limited number of computers, laptops, LCD and computer lab in school. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2008 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6751/1/CHALLENGES%20FACED%20BY%20SECONDARY%20SCHOOL%20TEACHERS%20IN%20INTEGRATING%20COMPUTERS%20IN%20ENGLISH%20LANGUAGE%20CLASSROOMS%20IN%20THE%20SAMARAHAN%20AND%20KUCHING%20DISTRICTS%2024%20pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6751/7/PRISCA%20ft.pdf Prisca, anak Ugus. (2008) Challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computers in English language classrooms in the Samarahan and Kuching districts. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished) |
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This study identified
the challenges faced by secondary school teachers in
integrating computer
s in
English language classroom
s
around
the
Samarahan and
Kuching District
s
and investigates the factors that contribute
d
to such challenges.
A
ques
tionnaire
consist
ing
of 20 items about the challenges faced by the teacher
s
were
administered to a group of 100 teachers from 12 secondary schools around
the
Samarahan and Kuching District
s. A semi
-
structured interview was also conducted
to investigate th
e factors that contribute
d
to such challenges. There were 6 semi
-
structured questions for the respondents to answer during the interview sessions. For
this purpose, 12 respondents were chosen randomly to represent the target population.
The questionnair
es are analyzed by using the statistical analysis and the semi
-
structured interview was analyzed qualitatively. The findings and discussions
appeared to show that availability which is 74% was the most challenges faced by the
teacher in integrating comput
er, followed by 65% challenges due to time constraint,
49% challenges in teaching preparation, 24% challenges due to technical problems,
next 15% challenges due to the teachers attitude and motivation and lastly, lack of
technology skills that is 14% was t
he least challenges. Factors have been identified
to be the causes to the challenges faced. The main factors are the limited number of
computers, laptops, LCD and computer lab in school. |
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Challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computers in English language classrooms in the Samarahan and Kuching districts |
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Challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computers in English language classrooms in the Samarahan and Kuching districts |
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Challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computers in English language classrooms in the Samarahan and Kuching districts |
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challenges faced by secondary school teachers in integrating computers in english language classrooms in the samarahan and kuching districts |
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