Students' Attitude towards Technology: A Study from Pakistan

Autor/inn/en	Hussain, Tariq; Akhter, Mumtaz
Titel	Students' Attitude towards Technology: A Study from Pakistan
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Education and Research, 38 (2016) 1, S.17-30 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0555-7747
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Technology Uses in Education; Foreign Countries; Technical Education; Public Colleges; Private Colleges; Technical Institutes; Technology Education; Attitude Measures; Comparative Analysis; Civil Engineering; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Ausland; Technikunterricht; Privathochschule; Technische Fakultät; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	Since the emergence of Pakistan, technical education has been over ruled. In the early phase trade institutes, there after polytechnics and later on the colleges of technology emerged. The current endeavor is an effort to explore the students' attitude towards technology. About 3338 respondents served as sample from final year of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical technologies being offered in 11 public and 33 private Polytechnic Institutes and Colleges of Technology in Punjab province of Pakistan. In order to measure attitude towards technology Pupils' Attitudes towards Technology (PATT) USA instrument was adapted. The instrument was developed by Prof. Dr. Marc De Vries. The findings of the study depicted that significant and positive correlation existed between all factors of PATT USA scale. It was concluded that students attitude toward technology was positive. The public and private sector respondents reflected parallel attitude towards technology. In comparison among Civil, Electrical and Mechanical technology respondents, there was significant variation in their attitude towards technology. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Education and Research. University of the Punjab Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590 Pakistan. e-mail: ber.ier@pu.edu.pk; Web site: http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/32
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01