TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY: TEACHERS’ PROGRESSIVE APPROACH USED FOR 21ST CENTURY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN VIBRANT ENVIRONMENT

TitleTECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY: TEACHERS’ PROGRESSIVE APPROACH USED FOR 21ST CENTURY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN VIBRANT ENVIRONMENT
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsHassan, Ul. M., Akbar, R. A.
JournalProblems of Education in the 21st Century
Volume78
Issue5
Start Page734-753
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedOctober/2020
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1822-7864
Other NumbersE-ISSN 2538-7111
Keywordsdigital citizenship, students’ achievement scores, technological concepts, technological literacy, vibrant environment
Abstract

Technology plants concrete effects on the supremacy of humans' technological success that have been remaining awe-inspiring aspects for stakeholders; teachers and students since last eras. Teachers make students technologically literate, reshape their hidden potential, skill them through modern gadgets, help in understanding and evaluating their functions applying technological and engineering standards for goal achievements. Present research was conducted to explore the effect of teachers’ technological literacy on students’ academic success occurs in vibrant environment on conveniently selected sample of 200 teachers working in public and private universities of district Lahore. Researchers administered a self-developed survey to collect data from teachers. Content validity of questionnaire was ensured from experts and reliability was confirmed by calculating Cronbach’s Alpha Scores .821. Normality of the data was assured by calculating Shapiro-Wilk’s test, ¬ n < 2000, p > .05. Students’ academic success was measured through acquiring achievement scores, obtained from concerned university offices ensuring ethical considerations, as in data collections. Results of independent samples t-test and regression analysis ascertained no significant difference between usage of technological literacy by teachers’ gender and university type; male teachers working in public and private universities have same usage of technological literacy as compared to female teachers. Moreover, teachers’ technological literacy affect 43% on students’ academic success occurs in vibrant learning environment. On the basis of results, research recommends that universities may established digital lab ensuring vibrant environment and hire technologically literate staff providing fringe benefits to meet 21st century technological literacy demands for students’ success.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2020/457-1601053384.pdf
DOI10.33225/pec/20.78.734
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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