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Article: Embracing Technology in the Secondary School Curriculum: The Status in Two Eastern Caribbean Countries
- Article from:
- The Journal of Negro Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
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Globalization is a major element in 21st century economies, and its dependence on technology, makes the role of computer-related technologies in education very critical. The dearth of research regarding the use of technology by Caribbean teachers led to this study that sought to identify school- and teacher-related factors that influence technology use and its integration by secondary school teachers in two Eastern Caribbean countries. It was found that the factors of technology professional development, attitude toward technology, and computer experience were significantly related to the secondary school teacher's ability to use technology, but that only computer experience and computer ...