Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Why do teachers never use ICT in their teaching ?
Bates (1997) believes there are four reasons for using technologies in higher education :
* to improve the quality of learning
* to improve access to education and training ( Democratization of learning )
* to reduce the costs of education; and
* to improve the cost effectiveness of education
The teachers normally are very reluctant to use internet in teaching and learning because
i. Lack of teaching experience with Internet. They have never exposed to the use of
Internet in their teaching and learning process.
ii. Lack of on-site support for teachers using Internet. Not enough computers for the
end- users.
My comments:
Teachers as knowledge source or guider , the should prepare themselves to the future by learning all the necessary skills for them to use the latest technologies. They should use the internet to teach their students because the internet is a ocean of information. Are the teachers ready for this ? It is the responsibility of all those are willing to be called "Teacher"
Jayapalan Suppiah
* to improve the quality of learning
* to improve access to education and training ( Democratization of learning )
* to reduce the costs of education; and
* to improve the cost effectiveness of education
The teachers normally are very reluctant to use internet in teaching and learning because
i. Lack of teaching experience with Internet. They have never exposed to the use of
Internet in their teaching and learning process.
ii. Lack of on-site support for teachers using Internet. Not enough computers for the
end- users.
My comments:
Teachers as knowledge source or guider , the should prepare themselves to the future by learning all the necessary skills for them to use the latest technologies. They should use the internet to teach their students because the internet is a ocean of information. Are the teachers ready for this ? It is the responsibility of all those are willing to be called "Teacher"
Jayapalan Suppiah
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I do agree with Bates' beliefs but sad to say most of the teachers are not willing to use internet in the process of teaching and learning. Even if the teachers are being trained in the field, most of them are reluctant to move forwards.This is mainly due to the negative attitudes whereby they consider a trouble to operate a computer class which involves so much work of preparation.
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