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Issues and Challenges in Technology Integration for Teaching &…
Issues and Challenges in Technology Integration for Teaching & Learning
Executive Issues :
Managerial
Lack of Information flow
Teachers feel no get necessary suppor from their principles
Lack of Managerial Support
Insufficient support is caused by limited school budget allocated for use of technology.
Financial
Lack of Financial Support
Teachers do not have financial support for subscribing to educational sites and buying consumables and new technological equipment hey need.
Instructional Issues :
Instructional Materials
Insufficient materials
Teachers having not enough materials developed by the Ministry of Education
Lack of time
Teacher lack of time to cover a variety of activities when using technology.
Access to online materials
Students' Readiness
Technology Literacy
Some students do not have technological competence and do not have technology at home to continue the work they start in the classroom.
Internal motivation
Some students' reluctance and difficulty of getting their attention to use technology.
Indifference of parents and their technological incompetence
Some parents do not have technology or do not know how to use technology(computer and internet) his hinders them from being involved in online groups, share interactively with teachers and other parents.
Teacher Competencies
Technological Pedagogical Knowledge
Technological Knowledge
Teachers also have incompetence in their technology knowledge because they think it takes times to use technology effectively.
Technological Content Knowledge
Teachers express that not having enough time to prepare course content and not knowing about educational sites.
Insufficient in-service training
Teachers lasck of sufficeinet in-service training in designing content via technology, time management, and distance learning.
Infrastructural Issues :
Technological
No/lack of technology in the classroom
Teachers mentioned lack of sound systems, printer, smart board, projector, desktop computer.
Problems with hardware
Teachers no able to use the board or blacking out the classroom when using the projector simultaneously.
Internet
No internet/ slow internet connections in the classroom
Technology outdated quickly
Power outages
Delayed or no maintenance and repairment
Physical
Size of the classrooms/square footage
The square footage with the numbers of students
Teachers not having their own classrooms
Students stay in the classroom and subject area teachers visit them. Therefore, teachers do not have the chance to stay in one room, design it for their lesson, and display materials on their walls.
Multi-graded classrooms/ time Issue
Multi graded classroom are a problem in smaller districts and village. In one school, there are 4 different grade levels in one classroom.
Over-crowded classrooms