Developing Information Seeking Skills in the Prospective Teachers in Pakistan through ICT
Journal Title: Educational Research International - Year 2015, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
Teaching is the key to develop and sustain the education system of any country. In the rapidly changing world of information, there is need to prepare prospective teachers to become well aware of the use of latest information technologies in their teaching. The objective of the study was to develop the information seeking skills in prospective teachers through ICT at higher educational institutions in Punjab-Pakistan. It was an experimental research study. For this study a Pretest Posttest control group experimental design was used. Researchers selected a private teacher training university on convenient basis. A sample of 100 prospective teachers was selected randomly using SPSS random sampling technique without replacement. The researchers developed a MCQs type achievement test for measuring the development in the information seeking skills of prospective teachers. The test covers the different aspects of information seeking ability for example use of internet, through software, use of online libraries etc. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that ICT proved to be effective in developing information seeking skills in prospective teachers in Pakistan.
Authors and Affiliations
Muhammad Iqbal, JahanAra Shams, Muhammad Iqbal
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