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Makale Özeti:
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The current exploratory study investigates the acquaintance of teachers’ information in communication
technology (henceforth, ICT) and its integration in teaching-learning process at private higher secondary level
in Pakistan. The study adopts a quantitative technique and a variety of variables pertaining to the familiarity
with computers in teaching-learning were examined. Subsequently, using a purposive sampling, 200
questionnaires were disseminated to the teachers. Total 169 instruments were returned and 133 were keyed
into SPSS after filtering and cleaning the data. Descriptive means, percentages, crosstabs, and rank order were
computed to report findings. The study revealed that 75% teachers had been formally trained for ICT, 67%
teachers had access to computers and 53% had access to internet at their institution as well as home. Results
show that ‘use of Email’, ‘internet browsing’, and ‘word-processing’ were most familiar tools. On the other
hand, ‘collection of teaching/reference material’, ‘preparing papers’, and ‘teaching materials’ were being used
for teaching purposes.
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