Training Impact of ICT Tools on the Professional Duties and Development of Secondary School Educators in Mauritius

Autor/inn/en	Mautadin, Girish; Padhan, Ananda; Santally, Mohammad Issack
Titel	Training Impact of ICT Tools on the Professional Duties and Development of Secondary School Educators in Mauritius
Quelle	In: Journal on School Educational Technology, 15 (2020) 3, S.54-64 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-2217
Schlagwörter	Professional Development; Teacher Responsibility; Technological Literacy; Secondary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Inservice Teacher Education; Program Effectiveness; Teacher Effectiveness; Educational Technology; Technology Integration; Mauritius + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrverpflichtung; Technisches Wissen; Ausland; Lehrerfortbildung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has influenced almost every aspects of our life -- the household chores, education, recreation, entertainment, finance, and healthy living. Its impact on formal and informal education is widely recognized and ICT is being adopted by countries as an essential intervention in its education system. The Government of Mauritius has introduced the use of ICT tools and applications into the secondary school education,as part of its agenda of making the country, the cyber-island of the Indian Ocean. In order to find out the impact of ICT training on the professional duties and development of secondary school educators in Mauritius, a pretest-posttest experimental design was used in the study. The secondary school educators were given training on ICT use for about a month while they were in service during their scheduled free time and school holidays. The ICT training components include tools like use of desktop/laptop/tablet computer, email, internet, scanner, LCD projector, interactive whiteboard, YouTube, web access, online learning platform, etc. Their use was related to various teaching-learning activities including preparing lesson plans, laboratory work, examination, curriculum, and course delivery. The sample comprised of 538 secondary school educators drawn from the different schools spread across Mauritius selected through stratified random sampling method, where each school was the stratum. A comprehensive questionnaire comprising various questions on ICT familiarity and use was administered to the sample prior to the training and after the training. The performance scores of the sample before and after training were compared statistically to find out the impact. The results of the study revealed that training in ICT tools application has a considerable positive impact on the professional duties and development of secondary school educators in Mauritius. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01