Teachers' Perceptions of Computer Use in Education in the TRNC Schools

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Title: Teachers' Perceptions of Computer Use in Education in the TRNC Schools
Language: English
Authors: Silman, Fatos, Gundogdu, Kerim
Source: Online Submission. 2007.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 2007
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Measures (Individuals), Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Questionnaires, Teaching Methods, Student Motivation
Geographic Terms: Turkey
Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions of the classroom teachers on the computer use in the TRNC schools. A questionnaire was applied to 84 classroom teachers in 5 schools in Nicosia, the capital city of the TRNC. The answers to the first part of the questionnaire with five subsections were analysed. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis. The findings showed that teachers in the TRNC highly believed in the benefits of computers in education. They agreed with the ideas that computers increased student motivation and improved students' skills and knowledge. Teachers were quite positive about computer-aided education and its application. Teachers also believed in the benefits of computers in increasing the learning levels of students. The ideas that teachers disagreed were that computers harmed learning when used in lessons and computers were very complicated to use. (Contains 5 tables.)
Abstractor: Author
Number of References: 5
Entry Date: 2008
Accession Number: ED500111
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions of the classroom teachers on the computer use in the TRNC schools. A questionnaire was applied to 84 classroom teachers in 5 schools in Nicosia, the capital city of the TRNC. The answers to the first part of the questionnaire with five subsections were analysed. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis. The findings showed that teachers in the TRNC highly believed in the benefits of computers in education. They agreed with the ideas that computers increased student motivation and improved students' skills and knowledge. Teachers were quite positive about computer-aided education and its application. Teachers also believed in the benefits of computers in increasing the learning levels of students. The ideas that teachers disagreed were that computers harmed learning when used in lessons and computers were very complicated to use. (Contains 5 tables.)