Demographic Influence on Attitude of Teachers towards using New Technology: A Study after almost One Year of COVID-19 Outbreak

Abstract

The present study has been conducted to investigate the attitude of teachers’ towards using new technology and the influence of various demographic (personal and institutional) variables on it; after almost one year of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The sample of the study consisted of 365 school teachers from different districts of Tamilnadu state. To know the attitude of teachers’ towards using new technology the tool ‘Attitude towards using new technology scale (ATUNTS)’ developed and standardized by S Rajasekar was used. Demographic data were collected by using a Personal Data Questionnaire. The finding of the study revealed that the majority of the teachers of the selected sample showed neutrality; whereas a few of them showed a favourable attitude towards the use of new technology. Variables like; gender, age, marital status and type of family. Teaching experience, locality, school management and teaching level were found to have no significant influence on the attitude of teachers towards the use of new technology Type of board, stream and number of online courses/ MOOCs attended were found to have a significant influence on the attitude of teachers towards the use of new technology.