ANALYZE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE TEACHERS REGARDING THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS

Abstract

The teachers of today’s technology enriched environment are encouraged to use ICT tools by the government, school management and parents for teaching learning process for better . In particular, the teaching of science classroom of 21^st century requires the use of educational technology for its practical activities and hand on experiments. The purpose of this study was to analyse the knowledge and understanding of science teachers regarding the use of educational technology in teaching learning process. It was quantitative study. The nature of the study was descriptive and survey type. All the Heads of institutions, Science Students and Science Teachers of Secondary level (Grade-X) in Islamabad Model Colleges were the population of this study. Simple Random sampling technique was used to select the sample from the head of different institutions, Science teachers and Science students. The entire process of sampling was done in a single step with each subject selected independently of the other members of the population. The sample of this population included 10 Head of Institutions, 120 Science Teachers and360 Science Students (180 Male and 180 Female). Over all four questionnaires were developed, questionnaire for the science teacher, questionnaire for the science students. The Quantitative data were analyzed with the help of SPSS in the form of percentage, Mean, Frequency, Standard Deviation (SD) and Chi Square.