ICT Integration in Teacher Education Institutions: Attitudes, Skills, and Challenges

1. Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning 10 to 11 September  Cebu City, Philippines Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Integration in Teacher Education Institutions Shelanee Theresa P. Peralta Celia T. Adriano, Ph.D. 10 September 2008

2. Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning 10 to 11 September  Cebu City, Philippines Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Integration in Teacher Education Institutions Shelanee Theresa P. Peralta Celia T. Adriano, Ph.D. 10 September 2008

3. Statement of the Problem 1. What are the expressed attitudes of teacher educators in state universities, autonomous, and deregulated teacher education institutions in the National Capital Region towards the integration of ICTs to instruction? 5. Is there a significant relationship between the level of ICT integration to instruction and the following factors: a. gender b. age c. number of years as teacher educator d. employment status 4. What is the relationship between expressed attitudes and perceived skill level of teacher educators in state universities, autonomous, and deregulated teacher education institutions in the National Capital Region towards the integration of ICTs to instruction? 2. What is the perceived skill level in the integration of ICTs to instruction of teacher educators in state universities, autonomous, and deregulated teacher education institutions in the National Capital Region? 3. What is the level of ICT integration to instruction of teacher educators in state universities, autonomous, and deregulated teacher education institutions in the National Capital Region? 6. To which teacher education courses and by what manner can the integration of ICTs to instruction best implemented? Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

4. Data Collection Acquired list of TEIs TEIs in NCR 7 SUCs 9 AU 8 DER Conducted multi - stage sampling The Sample 3 SUCs (45) 3 AU (45) 3 DER (45) Sent letters to the deans Returned Questionnaires 26 from SUCs 23 from AU 23 from DER Distributed questionnaires Collected questionnaires Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

5. Profile of the Respondents 31.94% are between 20 and 29 Age Gender 62.5% are females Employment Status 73.6% are working full time Years as teacher educator (mean) 13 years Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

6. Profile of the Respondents Educational Attainment 12.5 % 34.7% 22.2 % 30.6 % Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

7. Access to Computer and Internet at Home, E-mail Address Ownership 73.1 91.3 73.9 91.3 73.9 91.3 73.6 92.3 96 100 95.7 97.2 Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

8. Computer Training Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

9. Expressed Attitudes towards ICT Integration to Instruction Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

10. Perceived Skill Level in the Integration of ICTs to Instruction 3.88 3.64 3.64 Good 3.38 Good Good Good Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

11. Level of ICT Integration to Instruction 2.83 2.74 2.71 Low Low Low 2.55 Low Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

12. Relationship between Expressed Attitudes and Perceived Skill Level towards the Level of ICT Integration Significance level: .05 Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

13. Relationshipbetween Expressed Attitudes (by subscale) and Level of ICT Integration Significance level: .05 Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

14. Relationship between Level of ICT Integration and the following: gender, age, number of years as teacher educator, and employment status Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed) Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

15. Teacher Education Courses where ICT Integration to Instruction is Best Implemented Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

16. Manner to Best Implement ICT Integration to Instruction Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

17. Recommendations • provide in-service trainings on ICT integration • provide infrastructure, technical support, leadership, time, and promote access to available facilities • teacher educators should be encouraged to model and integrate ICTs to serve as models to the pre – service teachers • encourage integration in all teacher education courses • train administrators on ICT integration and strategic planning for ICT integration Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

18. Recommendations • in the accreditation of schools, include these specific areas for evaluation: teachers’ skill on ICT integration or level of ICT integration • in similar studies, observe classes of teacher respondents or their students would be made to answer a questionnaire • in similar studies, these factors should be tested as a predictor of ICT integration to instruction: area of specialization, type of school where the teacher educator came from, and type of computer training received Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning