Attitudes of University of Zululand students towards technology

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dc.contributor.advisorKhuzwayo, H.B.
dc.contributor.advisorNzima, D.R.
dc.contributor.authorKok, Petrus Jacobus
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-15T11:21:30Z
dc.date.available2011-06-15T11:21:30Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionSubmitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MAGISTER EDUCATIONIS (MATHS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION) TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION at the UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND, 2010.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated the attitudes of in-service, teacher education students at a South African University. The study is set in a rural context with participants drawn from the University of Zululand, situated on the north coast of KwaZulu¬Natal province. Data was collected from 88 teachers, enrolled for a National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) in technology education at the University. The study aimed at generating information from respondents in an open, qualitative research framework. The study utilized a confirmatory survey approach and the data collection instrument used for the study was adapted from the "Pupils' Attitude Towards Technology" (PATT) instrument used successfully in other countries e.g. Netherlands, United States of America and Thailand. The results of the study indicated that, teachers showed a strong conceptual understanding of technology, and they assigned a great level of importance to knowing how technologies work. Similarly, the study's findings showed that teachers are aware of the positive and negative impact of technology, and that they showed a keen interest in wanting to know more about different technologies. In contrast with their interest, teachers showed a moderate to low level of knowledge and understanding concerning technologies used in their everyday lives. Teachers also felt that they have some influence when it comes to making decisions about technology, but they have very low confidence in leaders of their communities to make decisions about technology. Teachers were also unanimous in their view that technology must play an important role in the school curriculum, and they placed very high expectations on what they believed a high school learner should know about technology.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/610
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTeacher education studentsen_US
dc.subjectTechnology educationen_US
dc.titleAttitudes of University of Zululand students towards technologyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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