Professionalizing in- service teachers’ focus on technological pedagogical and content knowledge

Literature Review on the Factors Affecting Primary Teachers’ Use of Digital Technology

“…A school culture empowering quality teacher training allowed primary teachers to work collaboratively, reflect on the process and share the new knowledge (Hsu and Kuan 2013;Tondeur et al 2016). It was suggested that in primary schools such learning opportunities must be provided for the teachers (Getenet et al 2016). Working on local projects with digital technology, contributed towards teachers' training and innovation (Tondeur et al 2016) especially when adequate resources were available and feedback was provided during workshops on lesson design and teacher instruction (Getenet et al 2016).…”

“…Al-Qallaf and Al-Mutairi (2016) Teachers showed enthusiasm when using blogs to teach a foreign language and students were more motivated to work Attitude Apeanti (2016) The school culture effected the teachers' attitudes towards technology integration and effective technology training contributed towards teachers' positive attitudes and perceptions School culture Attitude Getenet et al (2016) The schools must provide the teachers with learning opportunities such as workshops on lesson design and on teacher instruction when using digital technology in the classroom…”

Secondary School English Language Teachers’ Technological Skills in Bangladesh: A Case Study

“…Record keeping, correspondence with parents, newsletters development, classroom materials preparation and professional development (PD) were done by teachers using technology. Getenet et al (2014) through an intervention in the form of a workshop on TPACK investigated the impact of training on Ethiopian primary school teachers' ICT use. In the pre-intervention stage teachers informed that resource scarcity, poor knowledge of ICT, lack of awareness and limited training affected their technology use.…”

“…(2) expert opinion; and (3) a pilot study. First, all the tentative items of the three instruments were matched against relevant literature (Healey et al, 2011;Mishra & Koehler, 2006;Getenet et al, 2014;Tour, 2015;Mishra et al, 2012;Koehler & Mishra, 2009;Hammond, 2014;Ertmer, 2005;Blake, 2016) on teachers' technology skills. Second, two expertsone from Bangladesh and another from Malaysiagave their opinions on the instruments, and their suggestions were duly included in the final versions.…”

“…Learners must develop both linguistic skills and digital literacy; thus, technologically skilled EL teachers can enhance learners' employability. Technologies for Language Learning and Teaching (TLLT) are used all over the world for classroom instructions by L2 teachers (Tour, 2015;Blake, 2016;Godwin-Jones, 2015;Getenet, Beswick, & Callingham, 2014).…”