Survey |Teaching with Technology - Adoption by Indian School Teachers
Important Finding from the
Survey
·
70
per cent teachers use mobile phones and the internet in their profession.
·
It
analysed trends of technology adoption among school teachers.
·
Survey
shows that the willingness of teachers to learn and use technology is high in
the country.
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The
survey was conducted among 1,110 teachers across rural and urban areas and Delhi,
Punjab and Maharashtra were a part of the process.
·
Teachers
who reported using computers, use it more for showing audio-video lessons to
students or getting them to practise skills. On a weekly basis, while 70% of
teachers who reported using computers, used them for audio and video
demonstrations in the classroom, only 37% teachers reported using them for
tracking student data.
·
The
survey highlights that willingness to use technology is much higher among
trained teachers than untrained ones. The usage of technology for lesson
planning is also higher among trained teachers (51%) than among untrained
teachers (33%).
·
Challenges
like electricity and hardware problems were there in schools in rural areas as
well as in no-fee and low-fee schools (that charge less than Rs12,000 per annum
from students).
·
54%
of teachers in no-fee schools reported electricity challenges as compared to 6%
of those in high-fee schools (that charge more than Rs40,000 per annum from
students).
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The
study shows that time constraints and lack of curriculum aligned resources
affect technology adoption.
·
More
than 75% of teachers said that pressure to complete textbooks deters them from
using technology.
·
83%
of teachers surveyed in vernacular medium schools asked for increased availability
of resources in the vernacular medium.
Solution
Recommended
To ensure that teachers are able to
fully leverage the potential of technology, we need to ensure access to lower
power devices and internet connectivity, train teachers to use technology at
both pre-service and in-service levels and develop curriculum aligned resources
not just in English but also local Indian languages.”
Link for the Survery | http://www.
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