Access and Use of Internet in Teaching and Learning at Two Selected Teachers' Colleges in Tanzania

Autor/in	Chirwa, Mussa
Titel	Access and Use of Internet in Teaching and Learning at Two Selected Teachers' Colleges in Tanzania
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 14 (2018) 2, S.4-16 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-0556
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teacher Education Programs; Information Technology; Technology Integration; Internet; Teaching Methods; News Reporting; Computer Mediated Communication; Social Networks; Educational Facilities; Tutors; Information Literacy; Technological Literacy; Access to Computers; Student Teachers; Computer Assisted Instruction; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Informationstechnologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; News report; Reportage; Computerkonferenz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Bildungsstätte; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor; Informationskompetenz; Technisches Wissen; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Tansania
Abstract	Recently, the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is inevitable especially in improving education system. It is on the basis of this reality that this paper investigated access and use of Internet in teaching and learning in teachers' colleges (TCs), basing on two selected colleges in Tanzania. The results indicate that the majority (83.2%) of respondents used the Internet for academic purposes, 61.3% used it for searching news and 50% for communication, slightly more than half (52%) of the respondents were using Internet for games and entertainments while only (43%) used it for social network. However, the frequency of using internet for academic purposes is not convincing as only 12.5% of the respondents used it daily. There is also limited access to internet and ICT facilities in these teachers' colleges in Tanzania. It is therefore, concluded that the parent ministry in co-operation with college principals should improve Internet access and use in TCs by ensuring that there is good access to ICT facilities that offers internet services, tutors are well trained on ICTs basics and information literacy, and that the ratio of tutors and student-teachers to computers and other ICTs available in their colleges is improved. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology. University of the West Indies Open Campus, Dave Hill, St. Michael BB11000, Barbados. Tel: 868-663-9021; Fax: 868-645-9741; Web site: http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01