A Study of ICT in Secondary Schools with Reference to Gender and Academic Performance

Abstract

Technology is becoming more and more governing in our society. Everyday upgrades are being made and new innovations are being exposed. Technology is all around. Technology has had a major effect on our school systems and is still effecting. There are people who do not agree, although, that technology has affected our schools. Eric Gormly writes, In fact, many theorists point out the overall impact of technology on education has been quite small, manifesting little visible change in the classroom. Yes, there are some schools that are not as advance as others, but many of them do have a noteworthy amount of technology in them. It finds it captivating that so much technology has been incorporated into our classrooms. newlineToo often, discussions of technology in education centre on comparisons to standard approaches for teaching traditional content. However, the question is not whether instructional tools are more efficient at achieving present goals with traditional methods, but instead how emerging media can provide an effectual means of reaching important educational objectives in the technology-driven progress of a knowledge-based economy. Just as medical training has shifted dramatically because of antibiotics, aesthetics, and immunizations, so the skills and information required to educators are speedily changing. Computers and telecommunications facilitate all students to master more difficult subjects via rich interactions with resources outside of classroom walls just as geographically distributed workers create, share, and master knowledge. newline newline