Attitude of teachers towards integrating technology in teaching in Shs at the Sagnarigu Municipality

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the attitude of teachers towards integrating technology in teaching in Senior High Schools at the Sagnarigu Municipality. The purposive sampling approach was used to select 179 respondents for the study. The correlational research design from the positivist philosophical position and the quantitative approach was adopted for the study. Using the partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis, the study found that the attitude of teachers towards computers significantly influenced their attitude towards the internet, learning management systems, and their behavioral intention towards integrating ICT into education. The attitude of teachers towards the internet was significantly related to their attitude towards online learning and their behavioral intention towards integrating ICT into education. Additionally, there was a significant relationship between the attitude of teachers towards learning management systems and online learning. Based on the findings, the study recommends that authorities in the four government Senior High Schools in the Sagnarigu District should provide training for teachers on how to use available learning management systems for teaching, support their teachers in acquiring and stock their ICT laboratories with adequate and functioning computers for educational use. Management of these schools should pay attention to teachers' attitudes towards the internet and influence their attitudes towards teachers' behavioral intention towards integrating ICT into education by providing online tools as well as training on how to use these online tools to deliver academic content.