Teacher characteristics and the Use of ICT in Rural Secondary Schools in Bwera Sub County, Kasese District, Uganda
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Date
2021
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Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship
between teachers’ characteristics and their use of ICT in
teaching in rural secondary schools located in Bwera Sub
County, Kasese District of Uganda. Bwera Sub County is
a hard-to-reach rural area in western Uganda. Specifically,
the study examined whether teacher characteristics,
namely, teachers perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use
and teacher ICT competence, influenced teachers’ use of
ICT in teaching with the secondary schools. Using the
correlational research design, data were collected using a
self-administered questionnaire on a sample of 127 school
teachers. Descriptive results revealed that teachers rated
their use of ICT and perceived competence as poor, rated
ICT's usefulness as good, and their use of ICT as fair.
Regression analysis revealed that perceived usefulness, ease
of use, and ICT competence had a positive and significant
influence on ICT use in teaching and learning. It was
concluded that perceived usefulness is a prerequisite for
teachers’ use of ICT, perceived ease of use is imperative for
the use of ICT, and competence are essential for the use of
ICT. Therefore, it was recommended that in rural secondary
schools, the Ministry of Education and headteachers should
provide awareness training to teachers about the usefulness
of IC, train teachers to use ICT, and develop their ICT
competences.
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Keywords
Rurality, Teacher Characteristics, Perceived usefulness, Perceived ease, Teachers ICT competence
Citation
Kule, A. M., Wilson, M., Ampeire, K. H., & Turiabe, V. (2021). Teacher characteristics and the Use of ICT in Rural Secondary Schools of Bwera Sub County, Kasese District, Uganda. Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies, 3(2), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.51986/ijrcs-2021.vol3.02.04