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标题：Use of ICT by Biology Teachers in the Secondary Schools: Bangladesh Perspective
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作者：Zeba Farhana ; Sabbir Ahmed Chowdhury
期刊名称：Journal of Culture, Society and Development
电子版ISSN：2422-8400
出版年度：2018
卷号：45
页码：25-31
DOI：10.7176/JCSD/45-05
语种：English
出版社：International Institute for Science, Technology Education
摘要：Information and communication technologies (ICT) have changed the pedagogy in education offering more student-centered learning incidents. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of ICT by the biology teachers in teaching-learning process of secondary schools in Bangladesh. A total of 50 biology teachers from several secondary schools of Bangladesh participated in the study. It was found that teachers have better access to computer than the average populace of Bangladesh. They have working knowledge on Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and different web browsers. A good number of the teachers use computer for preparing their lectures, use internet for accessing educational materials, takes classes with multimedia with the support of ICT. However, about 17% to 25% were found to be not using these ICT means. Many teachers opined that they have less number of computers in the school to prepare for class work. They also assessed that hardware troubleshooting, software malfunction and unexpected power failure as challenges for using ICT. This paper recommends to provide continuous in-servicing training on ICT, interest free loan to teachers for purchasing laptop computer and to ensure technical support to overcome software and hardware problems in the schools.
关键词：ICT in education; teaching learning process; biology teachers; secondary school.