PERCEPTION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TOWARDS THE USE OF ICT IN TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS

The rapid expansion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has transformed learners into digital learners, requiring teachers to integrate technology into their pedagogical approaches, where teachers' attitudes, technological knowledge, and skills play a significant role in its effective transformation. From this perspective, the current study presents teacher's Perceptions of the use of ICT in the teaching-learning process. A sample of 80 secondary school teachers of Bhubaneswar block were randomly selected. A descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. A self-made Perception Inventory on the use of ICT was used to collect data from the sample. Mean, standard deviation and t-tests were applied to analyze the data. The results showed that most of secondary school teachers perceive the use of ICT in the teaching-learning process favorably. Most of the teachers perceive the dimension “pedagogical use of ICT' more favorably. There is no difference in the perception of male and female secondary school teachers towards the use of ICT in teaching teaching-learning process. There exists a significant difference in the perception of Science and Arts secondary school teachers towards the use of ICT. Science teachers show a more favorable perception towards the use of ICT than the Arts teachers.