ICT Facilities and Literacy in Rural Non-Government Secondary School Libraries of Bangladesh

Hossain, Zakir; Hashmi, Yasmine; Mezbah-ul-Islam, Muhammad

doi:10.29173/slw8243

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“…In practice, the findings of this study may serve as an insight into the progress made so far, against the goals that are set to be achieved in technology integration, especially in tertiary engineering education, where technology impact both pedagogical practice and professional practice of the learners as well. For example, the attainment of an overall positive attitude by both genders in the present study signified the positive impact of government efforts to provide equal access to technology for both genders (Z. Hossain et al, 2019).…”

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“…The government of Bangladesh however, has shown its political will through various intervention programs aimed at promoting access to technology, and its acceptance among teachers and students (Obaydullah & Rahim, 2019). As part of the effort to strengthen gender equity in digital literacy, the government made ICT a mandatory subject for all students from K6 through K12 and established a program that will ensure e-learning capacity among all female teachers by the year 2023 (Z. Hossain et al, 2019).…”

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Engineering Trainee-Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Technology Use in Pedagogical Practices: Extending Computer Attitude Scale (CAS)

Salele

Khan

2022

Sage Open

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The current study examined the trainee teachers’ attitudes toward technology adoption and use in tertiary engineering education. The Computer Attitude Scale (CAS) was extended by including the social influence component, to examine whether social norms affect the acceptance of technology by teachers. Findings from 110 trainee-teachers revealed that their attitudes toward technology are positive. These attitudes constitute the way they like and intend to use technology, their perception of its usefulness in their daily tasks, and the control they perceived to have over technology while using it in engineering disciplines. The findings also confirm that social influence is an important predictor of trainee teachers’ attitudes toward using technology. Overall, the study provides a new influential factor (social) that could be merged with the other four major components (affect, perceived usefulness, perceived control, and behavioral intention) of CAS in conducting future research. The results of this study further provide useful knowledge that extends prior arguments concerning teachers’ attitudes toward using technology in teaching with respect to age, gender, and disciplines. More specifically, the study, theoretically, contributes to research practice in technology acceptance, by extending the computer attitude scale (CAS), with social influence as an additional important factor to be considered when conducting future research. Therefore, an extended CAS is established for exploring newer research in this domain. Policymakers and designers of teacher professional development will be informed of these findings that will accelerate initiatives of technology integration of engineering education in developing countries and other similar contexts.

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Engineering Trainee-Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Technology Use in Pedagogical Practices: Extending Computer Attitude Scale (CAS)

Salele

Khan

2022

Sage Open

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“…Growing pandemic misinformation also hinders healthcare services by worrying and confusing the public. Bangladesh has 0.1 billion online users, but many of them are not properly digitally literate (Hossain, 2019). Additionally, Bangladeshi netizens relied on the Internet for health-related information during the pandemic, just like those in many other South Asian nations (Mayhew, 2020).…”

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A Case Study on the Spread of Fake News by Social Media in the COVID-19 Era in Bangladesh

Hossain

Haque

2023

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Fake news has negative impacts on society. It can sometimes cause the death of a person. In Joypurhat, Bangladesh, a garment worker has committed suicide because of fake news. At midnight, a passenger on a bus in Bangladesh's Naogaon district believed Corona had affected his mother. However, after testing, his Corona report came back negative. So, this incident has also happened based on fake news. With the internet, social media have become the most acclaimed tool for freedom of speech, democracy, truth, and as a source of infotainment. In this study, the researchers have attempted to find out whether social media is informing or misinforming the public with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, adopting the qualitative method of study. The findings of this study will aid in determining whether social media is disseminating accurate or incorrect information to the public about the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings show that social media generates approximately 100 COVID-19-related fake news stories over the course of 150 days, from March 1 to July 30, 2020. In this research, the results also show that 64.6% of respondents get COVID-19 related information through social media. In this aspect, Facebook plays an important role. About 53.0% of social media users acclaimed that they get COVID-19 related fake information through Facebook. Facebook spreads 63.0% of fake news, and it is the quickest way to spread any fake news in a short period of time. Most of the fake news is a combination of text and video (49.0%). So, social media is a large platform for getting COVID-19 related information. Fake news and rumors are new words related to COVID-19. This study reveals that 87.3% of respondents are familiar with these words, whereas 12.7% were not familiar with them before the COVID-19 era. About 47.6% of respondents never try to verify any rumors or information related to COVID-19. However, there is less research analyzing the circulation of false and evidence-based information during health emergencies. Thus, the present study aims at shedding new light on the type of fake news that circulated on social media around the COVID-19 outbreak in order to analyze how false information was shared.

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“…Some of these areas are management and supervision system, funding, recruitment of teachers and their training, and facilities like classrooms and laboratory, libraries, ICT etc. A study by Hossain et al (2019) has emphasized having ICT facilities in the libraries of secondary schools. Their findings show that most libraries of schools and colleges located in rural areas do not have ICT facilities.…”

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Quality of Services in the Secondary Educational Organizations of Bangladesh: An Evaluation by Secondary Graduates

Joarder

Akmam

Shaikh

et al. 2022

IJIAS

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Despite the burgeoning quantitative progress in tertiary and pre-tertiary levels, popular discourses render a growing concern that the quality of education has deteriorated over the years in Bangladesh. In identifying problems of the educational system in Bangladesh, a majority of previous macro-level studies adopted the approaches of policy-makers, NGOs, international organizations, and other intervening authorities. This study, in distinction, tries to explore the issue from a micro-perspective – students’ views regarding the quality of educational services they received in colleges and high schools, which makes it unique. Using a cross-sectional survey research design, data were collected from 114 first-year students from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Findings show that regardless of having good teachers, classrooms, and other facilities, students were heavily dependent on private tuition at the pre-tertiary education level. The services and facilities offered by the colleges of the respondents were of better quality than that of their high schools. Schools/colleges in district towns/divisional cities offer better quality services/facilities than those located at the union/village level. Respondents’ SSC result was significantly associated with the locality and quality of classrooms whereas HSC result was significantly affected by computer and internet facilities as well as the overall quality of services/facilities they enjoyed in their colleges.

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ICT Facilities and Literacy in Rural Non-Government Secondary School Libraries of Bangladesh

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Engineering Trainee-Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Technology Use in Pedagogical Practices: Extending Computer Attitude Scale (CAS)

Engineering Trainee-Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Technology Use in Pedagogical Practices: Extending Computer Attitude Scale (CAS)

A Case Study on the Spread of Fake News by Social Media in the COVID-19 Era in Bangladesh

Quality of Services in the Secondary Educational Organizations of Bangladesh: An Evaluation by Secondary Graduates

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