The act of integrating ICT into a teaching learning is a complex process and one that may encounter a number of difficulties. These difficulties are known as “barriers”. In every situation we cannot deny the fact that there will always be a hindrance. The following are the barriers in ICT education.
The first one is, TEACHER-LEVEL BARRIERS. Several researchers indicate that one barrier that prevents teachers from using ICT in their teaching is lack of confidence. Some studies have investigated the reasons for teacher's lack of confidence with the use of ICT. One reason there is the “fear of failure” many teachers who do not consider themselves to be well skilled in using ICT, they feel anxious about using it in front of the class of children who perhaps know more than they do. The another one is lack of teacher competence. In the developing countries, research reported that teacher's lack of technological competence is a main barrier to their acceptance and adoption of ICT. In teacher-level barrier, resistance to change and negative attitude is included, according to research considering the different teacher's attitude to change is important because teacher's belief influence on what they do in classroom. One key area of teachers attitude towards the use of technologies is there understanding on how these technologies will benefit their teaching and their students learning.
The second one is, SCHOOL-LEVEL BARRIERS. The most common challenge reported by teachers was the lack of time they had to plan in technology lessons, explore the different
Internet sites, or look at the various aspects of educational software. Lack of effective training, study shows that there were not enough training opportunities for teacher in the use of ICTs in a classroom environment. Lack of accessibility, several research studies indicate that lack of access to resources, including home access, is another complex barrier that discourages teacher from integrating new technologies into education and particularly into science education. Lack of technical support, technical problems were found to be a major barrier for teachers. These technical barriers included waiting for website to be open, failing to connect to the internet, printers not printing, malfunctioning computers and teachers having to work to old computers.
The first one is, TEACHER-LEVEL BARRIERS. Several researchers indicate that one barrier that prevents teachers from using ICT in their teaching is lack of confidence. Some studies have investigated the reasons for teacher's lack of confidence with the use of ICT. One reason there is the “fear of failure” many teachers who do not consider themselves to be well skilled in using ICT, they feel anxious about using it in front of the class of children who perhaps know more than they do. The another one is lack of teacher competence. In the developing countries, research reported that teacher's lack of technological competence is a main barrier to their acceptance and adoption of ICT. In teacher-level barrier, resistance to change and negative attitude is included, according to research considering the different teacher's attitude to change is important because teacher's belief influence on what they do in classroom. One key area of teachers attitude towards the use of technologies is there understanding on how these technologies will benefit their teaching and their students learning.
The second one is, SCHOOL-LEVEL BARRIERS. The most common challenge reported by teachers was the lack of time they had to plan in technology lessons, explore the different
Internet sites, or look at the various aspects of educational software. Lack of effective training, study shows that there were not enough training opportunities for teacher in the use of ICTs in a classroom environment. Lack of accessibility, several research studies indicate that lack of access to resources, including home access, is another complex barrier that discourages teacher from integrating new technologies into education and particularly into science education. Lack of technical support, technical problems were found to be a major barrier for teachers. These technical barriers included waiting for website to be open, failing to connect to the internet, printers not printing, malfunctioning computers and teachers having to work to old computers.
