ICT competences of primary school teachers

Abstract

One of the traits of professional teachers is to possess good pedagogic competence. Primary school teachers in Indonesia are required to possess good pedagogic competence and to integrate technology into learning processes. Primary school teachers should be able to utilize Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching process. The present study yields a pedagogic competence and classroom management profile of primary school teachers. This study employs survey method to obtain data from primary school teachers. Data is processed using percentage calculation and descriptive analysis. The result of analysis shows that the number of primary school teachers who possess good pedagogic competence is only less than half (32%). They only do conventional classroom management and have not optimally utilized ICT for learning activities in primary schools. Thus, this paper will discuss the importance of ICT competence and how to develop it for primary school teachers.