The Integration of ICT in Teaching and Learning: A Study in Malaysian Private Preschool

Abstract

Over the last two decades, the rapid growth of of ICT has become one of the important agenda discussed by many scholars in education. No doubt, this is due to the capability of ICT in providing a dynamic and proactive teaching and learning. Along with today’s digital era, teachers were required to integrate of ICT in their daily teaching and replace them with the tools of traditional methods and modern amenities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of ICT in teaching and learning among the preschool teachers in private preschools in Malaysia. A total of 60 preschool teachers from 10 private preschools in Hulu Bernam in the state of Selangor, Malaysia has been chosen at random in the research study. The findings indicated that the level of computer skills and knowledge of the teachers is at low level (M = 1.92). The findings also indicates the level of ICT integration in teaching and learning is at a low level (M = 1.90). The results also showed that the attitude of the teachers on important ICT in teaching and learning is encouraging (M = 2.66) which can be considered as moderate level. The problem of using ICT in schools also needs to be addressed as the analysis mean score (M = 2.19), which indicates the level of the problem is not encouraging.