PRE-ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF COMPUTER LITERACY AMONG TANOLONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS: A TRAINING NEEDS SURVEY
Keywords:
Computer, Computer Literacy, Impact, Teacher, Computer SkillsAbstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of teacher’s computer literacy, which is need for both reaching information and making the process of learning ang teaching more effective. A survey was conducted to assess the level of computer literacy among the teachers of Tanolong Elementary School. A descriptive research method was adopted. The respondents were the 11 teachers of Tanolong Elementary School who are active in service and rarely attend computer literacy training. Questionnaire was the main data gathering tool used in this study. The researcher conducted a training needs survey to assess the knowledge of the teachers towards using the computers and different applications. The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and AWM. The findings of the study indicate that 54.55% respondents attended and participated in computer – related trainings. The perceived level of computer skills result shows the 45.45% have basic and intermediate computer skills while only 1 respondent have advanced computer skills. In terms of the frequency of usage of computer applications, only 54.55% of the respondents used MS office applications frequently to support their work. In terms of self-efficacy of the teachers on computer operations and MS Office Applications, the overall computed mean was 3.295 which indicates that they have very high computer self-efficacy. Moreover, it was recommended that teachers should have follow-up training to be conducted to improve their computer skill level concentrating in the development of IM using Multimedia Software and using Excel in performing calculations in their job.