APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICTS) IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AT TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Twenty first century is the century of technology; and it is being used in every sphere of life including education. For spreading technological knowledge many developed countries of the world have introduced technology in their whole educational system and those countries are now reaping the fruits of technology integration. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the competencies and frequencies of use of MS-Office and Internet, in teaching learning process by the prospective teachers and Teacher Educators, of GECEs in Sindh Pakistan. The research design was descriptive survey. Data was collected through closed-ended questionnaires from teacher educators and prospective teachers. Data was analyzed through percentages. Findings of the study showed that teacher educators and prospective teachers had admitted that they had good knowledge of MS-Word and MSPowerPoint, but use of MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint was not very frequent, MS-Access and MS-Excel were most negligible software, no one used them. However,, Internet was being used on regular basis mostly by prospective teachers. It was recommended that administration should ensure that before joining the class every prospective teacher should have sufficient knowledge of these tools, and teachers should be bound to use those softwares in the class. In this way they may merge these software in teaching learning process. From facilities point of view situation is better in GECEs and majority f GECES had good infrastructure, and facilities. But the only deficiency was the proper use