COMPUTER ANXIETY IN TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY

Computers today are applied in all areas of life including education. Now the teaching of computer has become part of school curricula throughout the world including Albania, as the most important part of modern education. Albanian school today already in the era of technology requires teachers who have skills in computer use. They should be able to use the software, to keep the syllabus, student evaluations, file, to demonstrate a new lesson, to require documents and instructional illustrations on websites. The application of computer and information technology in education has increased overall success of learning, but teachers are faced with computer anxiety. The Purpose of this study is to determine levels of anxiety computer to primary school teachers and student teachers to find out whether their levels of anxiety computer, differ. In this study participated 147 student teachers and 130 the primary school teachers. The data were collected through Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS) validated by Heinssen, Glass & Knight (1987). The data were analyzed by t-test. The results indicated that the primary school teachers have significantly higher computer anxiety levels than the student teachers.