Women in ICT: Barriers to career advancement and strategies for improvement

Primary Teachers’ Perceptions on ICT Integration for Enhancing Teaching and Learning through the Implementation of One Laptop Per Child Program in Primary Schools of Rwanda

“…Similar to other existing new researches such those of Tarus (2015), Kayisire &Wei (2016), Igbo & Imo (2017), Delport (2016), Egbe et al (2016), Helm (2015); Kumpel et al, (2015), Mbatha (2016), G. Muhametjanova & Çagiltay (2012), Ouoba et al (2016), Porter & Graham (2016) and Sekoaila et al (2016); the findings regarding teachers' perceptions to the necessities required to integrate ICT into teaching and learning processes in primary schools of Rwanda felt into three categories of requirements. These include: (1) Technological tools, (2) infrastructures such electricity and building and (3) skills necessary to use effectively ICT tools.…”

“…Similarly to the findings of the studies such those of Tarus (2015), Kayisire &Wei (2016), Igbo & Imo (2017), Delport (2016), Egbe et al (2016), Helm (2015), Kumpel et al, (2015), Mbatha (2016), Ouoba et al (2016), Porter & Graham (2016) and Sekoaila et al (2016), the majors requirements to integrate ICT into teaching and learning were identified as the following : The need of technological tools, adequate infrastructures and skills required to integrate ICT into teaching and learning processes. Teachers showed their intentions of needing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) similar as quoted in (Mishra & Koehler, 2006;Schmidt et al, 2008;Koeher et al, 2014).…”

“…Teachers' role in curriculum implementation requires certain level of knowledge to integrate the content efficiently which might be taught (UNESCO, 2015;Sekoaila et al, 2016). Similar to other subjects which are disseminated by teachers, the integration of ICT into teaching and learning processes requires teachers to acquire a certain level of different skills to handle all challenges attached to the integration of ICT into teaching and learning processes (Igbo & Imo, 2017).…”