Open AccessScience Teachers' Attitudes towards Using ICT and Mobile Learning Technologies in Malaysian Schools
Author(s) -
Mohammed Yousef
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of interdisciplinary studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-958X
pISSN - 2411-4138
DOI - 10.26417/ejis.v1i3.p187-196
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , socialization , mobile device , entertainment , psychology , perception , mobile technology , sample (material) , scale (ratio) , mathematics education , pedagogy , medical education , computer science , political science , geography , social psychology , medicine , chemistry , cartography , chromatography , neuroscience , world wide web , law , operating system
The use of ICT has resulted in new opportunities that mobile devices have transformed from a means of communication to tools for socialization, entertainment, work, and learning. The aim of this study is to determine the science teachers’ attitudes towards ICT and using mobile learning in education. The research sample consists of (67) science teachers from different cities in Malaysia who studing for master in University Education Sultan Idris. A valid and reliable scale has been adapted from "Mobile Learning Survey” (Pollara, 2011) and “Information and Communication Technology Attitudes Questionnaire-IAQ” (Kubiatko - Haláková, 2009; Mehra - Far, 2013) was used as a data collection tool. The results indicate that; science teachers have positive attitudes toward using ICT and mobile learning in education. On the other hand, science teachers' attitudes towards mobile learning was predicted by their perception about ICT and their self-efficacy.