THE STUDY OF PRIMARY BHUTANESE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES TOWARDS THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING
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The objective of this study was to examine the primary Bhutanese teachers’ perceptions and practices toward the use of technology in teaching. Over the course of a month, 115 teachers from 13 primary schools in Tsirang district participated in the study. The quantitative data was gathered using the 23- item survey questionnaires. To collect qualitative information, sparingly scheduled semi-structured online interview sessions were used. Further to reinforce the study, descriptive and thematic analyses were carried out to assess the data.
The findings revealed that the primary teachers of Tsirang district were in favor of incorporating ICT into their daily teachings. The Likert scale overall mean, which was 3.66 out of 5 was classified as "Agree" to all items on the questionnaire. The results of the semi-structured online interview showed how strongly they felt using ICT in their daily teachings was important. Thus, the study revealed that teachers' positive attitudes toward incorporating ICT into their daily teachings mattered a lot for the process of lifelong teaching and learning based on the data mentioned above. However, district-level officials and supervisors needed to initiate and provide teachers with enough ICT resources and professional development programs on emerging technology.
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