Factors Affecting ICT Integration among Teachers and Students

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine factors that affected teachers and students ICT integration in the classrooms. There were 125 teachers who were randomly selected in elementary schools in Guangdong province of China. 283 problems faced by the teachers were studied. After further analysis of the listed problems, some pertinent issues which kept surfacing were identified. The issues include teachers concern after changing the mode of instruction to a more ICT-based is with the time distribution, the extra readings required, the new instruction model, reading using computers and remarking of students’ work. On the other hand, the factor which concerned students after changing the instruction model to an integrated ICT environment was typing using the computers.