Informatologia, Vol. 43 No. 4, 2010.
Original scientific paper
THE INFLUENCE OF THE FIELD OF STUDY ON THE USE OF MODERN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AMONG STUDENT AND TEACHERS
Mateja Pšunder
; Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Mateja Ploj Virtič
; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Abstract
Being a teacher is becoming a growingly demanding job, as the swift development of modern technologies is undoubtedly expanding the required competence framework. Different information and communication technologies have become part of the necessary competencies, as teachers are educators of the Y generation, which is characterised by its members using the computer in each aspect of their lives. The use of the computer is specific for each individual field of instruction and as such cannot be directly compared. This article presents the results of a survey into how the field of study influences the use of ICT and the computer in student teachers. The sample covered fourth grade students of different fields of study (teacher training programmes): students of natural, technical and computer sciences, students of social sciences and humanities and students of the department of elementary education. Our research has shown that students of all three training programmes often use the computer in their everyday life but slightly less often for study purposes. Students of natural, technical and computer science reported about the use of educational portals more often than students of the other two fields of study did, while there were also differences in the use of individual portals among students of individual fields of study. Our research has further shown that students of natural, technical and computer science provided the most positive feedback about the availability of computers at the faculty, their performance, software, internet access at the faculty and internet access in their town of study.
Keywords
teacher competencies; use of ICT in the study process; different fields of study; PCK; TPACK
Hrčak ID:
63964
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Publication date:
30.12.2010.
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