Since the past ten years, the integration of instructional technologies into the secondary school... more Since the past ten years, the integration of instructional technologies into the secondary school curriculum has become a major priority of the Jamaican government, the ministry of education. Looking back at the country’s exodus from a colonial based system of education to a more country- tailored prospectus, there has been a series of significant reformation of the teaching-learning process and now more than ever, the education ministry has seen the need to increase the use of instructional technologies in the delivery of content area to pupils. This study sought to ascertain if teachers are using instructional technologies as stipulated by the ministry of education, through investigating the perception of a sample of secondary school Information Technology teachers concerning its use. Teachers from 4 high schools in Jamaica participated in this study of which 4 from each school took part in completing a questionnaire; making it a total of 16 teachers. A quantitative approach was taken to unearth findings which revealed that teachers do perceive instructional technologies to be useful and captivating however, its use is moderately frequent.
Since the past ten years, the integration of instructional technologies into the secondary school... more Since the past ten years, the integration of instructional technologies into the secondary school curriculum has become a major priority of the Jamaican government, the ministry of education. Looking back at the country’s exodus from a colonial based system of education to a more country- tailored prospectus, there has been a series of significant reformation of the teaching-learning process and now more than ever, the education ministry has seen the need to increase the use of instructional technologies in the delivery of content area to pupils. This study sought to ascertain if teachers are using instructional technologies as stipulated by the ministry of education, through investigating the perception of a sample of secondary school Information Technology teachers concerning its use. Teachers from 4 high schools in Jamaica participated in this study of which 4 from each school took part in completing a questionnaire; making it a total of 16 teachers. A quantitative approach was taken to unearth findings which revealed that teachers do perceive instructional technologies to be useful and captivating however, its use is moderately frequent.
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