Attitudes on ICT Integration among SPAMAST Instructors in the New Normal
Rolando Jr. L. Salandron
Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology, Malita, Davao Occidental, Philippines.
Melanie C. Razonable
Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology, Malita, Davao Occidental, Philippines.
Glenford C. Franca *
Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology, Malita, Davao Occidental, Philippines.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study of attitudes on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration in the new normal was conducted at Southern Philippines Agri- Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology. Descriptive-research design was employed and a total enumeration of the respondents was used. Data were gathered with the used of adopted survey questionnaire and the data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using percentage, mean and frequency count.
The result of the analysis revealed that most of the respondents are female. Moreover, the SPAMAST instructors had very high positive attitudes of integrating ICT in teaching. Therefore, they are willing to learn more about effective ICT integration approaches to teaching and learning. With regards to obstacles faced by the teachers, it was revealed that a minimal obstacles faced by the teachers after incorporating it in teaching. The effort when integrating ICT tools in teaching, network connectivity, ICT tools are changing too fast to be up -to date and students lack of ICT skills were the obstacles faced by the teachers in integrating ICT in teaching.
Keywords: Attitudes, ICT, integration, SPAMAST, instructors, new normal
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