%A Kim Hock Lau 
%T Integration of ICT in the teaching of Science : an investigation of 45 primary school teachers (Table of contents and abstract only)
%X The research was carried out in order to find out how do the teachers integrated
ICT in the Science lessons in primary schools in the Sarikei District, Sarawak.
The data collected through using questionnaires and interviews. Forty five
teachers who teach Science subject were randomly selected from 172 Science
teachers in Sarikei District as respondents in this study. SPSS programme is used
to analyze data to obtain frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.
The result will benefit the educational administers in planning activities and
programmes catering to the needs of teachers to enhance the teacher
professionalism.
The findings showed that the level of integrated ICT in the Science lessons in
primary schools is still low. They showed good perception toward computer
usage in teaching and learning. The finding also shows the skill of using
computer is still at the low level. The research also showed the problems which
teachers are facing in teaching and learning science in class.
The implication of the findings also discussed in this study. It is hoped that the
research can give a general idea about the level of integration of ICT among
science teachers. Beside that, it is also hoped that the computer skills among
primary school science teachers can be improved. (Author's abstract)
%D 2006
%K ICT in teaching Science
%I Open University Malaysia (OUM)
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