The Maldivian pre-service teachers readiness to use various educational technology in their teaching and learning process / Aminath Zifna

Abstract:

Maldives can be considered as a country which has invested on educational technology in its educational system. But the problem in most of secondary public schools in Maldives is that teachers are not utilizing the various educational technologies which it was aim for. One of the reasons for this was observed as in secondary public schools more of expatriates teachers are employed compared to the local teachers. This research aim to study whether employing more of local teachers can overcome the problem of the secondary public schools learning process. In order to study the current state of the local teachers in their use and perceptions of using various educational technologies the researcher had use the pre-service teachers who are currently training in the Faculty of Education in the Maldives National University. The research questions included is there significant difference in readiness to use educational technology in different knowledge level, experience level, competency level and if there is significant relationship between perception towards educational technology and their use of educational technologies. This research used a total of 70 respondents who were currently studying Diploma of Secondary Teaching and Bachelor of Secondary Teaching. The results showed that there were significant differences among the different knowledge level and experience level of using educational technology and their use of educational technologies. And the respondents have knowledge and experience in using educational technologies which can be concluded that the problem of secondary public schools teachers not using various educational technologies can be overcome by employing these pre-service teachers. The result showed both the competent and non competent respondents are ready to use various educational technologies in their teaching and learning process. In additions to these result the result showed the respondents have more positive perceptions regarding various educational technology and are more willing to integrate it in their teaching and learning process.