Perception and Acceptance for e-content: A Study on High School Teachers

Abstract

Technology and education go hand-in-hand nowadays. It is said that people retain 20
per cent hearing; 50 per cent of hearing and seeing; and 100 per cent of hearing and
seeing and doing. In the teaching-learning process, students retain more of what they
are hearing, seeing and doing. E-content is one such technological tool which a teacher
may use in the regular teaching-learning process. The present study aimed to find out
perception and the level of acceptance towards e-content among high school teachers.
The study also emphasised on comparing the perception and level of acceptance of
high school teachers based on the type of school, location and gender of teachers. The
researchers applied a convenient sampling technique for selecting the sample for the
study. A sample consists of 126 high school teachers for the present study. The present
study has shown that the maximum number of teachers holds average perception.
An average level of acceptance on the part of the teachers has also been found. No
significant difference has been found while comparing the perception and acceptance
based on the type of school, location and gender of teachers.