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GHANAIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2024-07) Antwi, Seth Kwadwo
In agreement with the international perspectives on technology as a valuable tool in the teaching and learning process, Ghana has implemented various technology policies and projects including the 2021 ‘One Teacher, One Laptop’ initiative to promote technology use in the classroom. Therefore, it is expected that Ghanaian teachers utilize technology as a pedagogical tool to create a stimulating, interactive, and innovative classroom environment. It is believed that integrating technology into the science classroom will help students become digitally competent citizens fully prepared to cope with the complexities of the current competitive global knowledge economy driven by technology. However, previous studies have revealed that Ghanaian science teacher’s acceptance rates and the use of technology as a pedagogical tool in the classroom still fall short of global expectations. Therefore, this qualitative phenomenological study explores Ghanaian science teachers’ perspectives and practices of technology integration by eliciting their views on the role of technology in the science curriculum, gaining insights into how various contextual and teacher-related factors impact their technology integration, and how technology is utilized to support their pedagogical practices...