An Evaluation of Teachers’ Technological Knowledge and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Religious and Moral Education (RME)

Table 1.

The Views ofRME Teachers concerning their Technological Knowledge

Statement

M

SD

I can learn technology easily.

4.36

.64

I keep up with important new technologies.

4.24

.60

I know about a lot of different technologies.

3.82

1.00

I use audio- visuals (example TV and motion pictures) in teaching.

2.68

1.14

I use visual resources (examples chalkboards, felt board, bulletin, boards and flash cards).

4.76

.42

I use community resources (example resource persons and places of interest) in teaching.

3.95

.73

I use audio materials (example radio and tape recorders) in teaching.

2.39

1.09

Instructional resources are not available.

2.91

1.45

Instructional resources are very expensive.

2.86

1.29

Use of instructional resources is time consuming.

2.31

1.29

I am incompetent in using instructional resources.

1.87

1.14

I use instructional resources for lessons.

3.71

1.10

Instructional resources help me to relate religious lessons to real life experiences of pupils

4.47

.61

Scale: 1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Uncertain, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree

Mean of means = 3.41

Mean of Standard Deviation = 0.96

Mean of Standard Deviation = 0.96