The study on Information Technology integrated in Teaching by Junior High School Teachers in Changhua County

[[abstract]]This purpose of study was to realize the present situation, as well as the factors of influence of information technology integrated in teaching by junior high school teachers in Changhua County and also explored the relation between the present situation and the factors of influence. Both quantitative data from questionnaire survey and qualitative data from interview survey were used in this study. The 527 effective samples were collected from junior high schools in Changhua County. The major findings were: First, the present situation of information technology integrated in teaching in Changhua County leaned toward positive. The teachers who were Men, junior, less experienced, holding the administrational job concurrently, positively participating in the study of information and teaching in large-scale schools were higher on the present situation of information technology integrated in teaching. The teachers teaching in English and mathematics were lower on the present situation. Secondly, the male teachers’ information literacy, recognition of information equipment, and the factors of influence were higher. The junior teachers were higher on the information literacy. The information literacy, teachers’ recognition of information equipment, and the factors of influence for the teachers in Chinese were lower; the idea and attitude for the teachers in mathematics were lower. The teachers holding another administrative job concurrently were higher on the factors of influence. On the information literacy, recognition aspects about teachers’ assistance for administrations, and the factors of influence, the teachers with lots of studying hours for information were higher. On idea and attitude, the teachers in large-scale schools were higher. Finally, the factors of influence were relevant to the present situation of information technology integrated in teaching. Of the factors of influence of information technology integrated in teaching, the idea and attitude, information literacy, and recognition of information equipment could predict 50.1% of the present situation of information technology integrated in teaching.