Authors : Erman Har, Muslim and Yetti Morelent
Abstract: The objectives of this research is to study the differences of teacher’s knowledge on ICT based on school’s location and teacher’s working experiences, to observe the relationship between teacher’s skills and attitudes on ICT’ utilizing. Populations of this research is based on science teachers who work in West Sumatra and samples were determined purposively. Inference analyses used were T-test and ‘One Way ANOVA’ in addition, correlation product moment assessment was also employed. Research reveals that there are significant differences between science teacher’s knowledge who teach in urban and rural areas (t = 3.15, p = 0.002). Teachers who teach in urban have higher knowledge about ICT compared with teachers who teach in rural areas. Moreover, there are significant differences of science teacher’s knowledge about ICT based on their working experiences (t = 1.82, p = 0.07). There are substantial correlations between science teacher’s attitudes and skills on utilizing ICT on science learning. There are also strong correlation between science teacher’s attitude toward ICT and science teacher’s attitude on ICT utilizing. Science teacher’s attitude on ICT utilizing has weak and positive correlation to teacher’s skills on ICT utilizing in science learning. The implications of this study are prerequisites of computer hardware, internet access and training facilities in order to improve teacher’s knowledge on ICT, particularly experienced teachers.
Erman Har, Muslim and Yetti Morelent, 2021. Science Teacher’s Attitude and Knowledge Toward ICT Based on School’s Location and Teacher’s Working Experiences in West Sumatra. Asian Journal of Information Technology, 20: 193-198.