Relationship between Attitude towards ICT and Techno-Pedagogical Skills of Rural Secondary School Teachers of West Bengal Board

Abstract

The present study mainly investigates the relationship between Attitude towards ICT and Techno-Pedagogical Skills of rural secondary school teachers of West Bengal Board. In this study 210 rural secondary school teachers were randomly selected and research design adopted was descriptive survey. For collecting data, “Scale to Assess Techno- Pedagogical Skills” (SATPS), standardized by the researcher with content validity and reliability co-efficient of 0.56, and “Ict Attitude Scale for Secondary School Teachers”, standardized by Saini, S. (2015) were used. The results revealed that the attitude towards ICT of rural secondary school teachers is positive and it doesn’t differ significantly with respect to their area of discipline, but it differs significantly with respect to their teaching experiences. On the other hand, the techno-pedagogical skills of rural secondary school teachers are at moderate level and don’t differ significantly with respect to their area of discipline and teaching experiences. Finally, a positive correlation between attitude towards ICT and the Techno-pedagogical skills of rural secondary school teachers has been found. So, as per the present study, it can be said that the techno-pedagogical skills positively depend upon the attitude towards ICT of rural secondary school teachers of West Bengal board.