Science Teachers’ ICT Knowledge Based on School Location and Work Experience Public Senior High School in West Sumatra

Abstrak

The  focus  of  this  study  is  to  examine  teachers'  different  knowledge  of  ICT  based  on  school  location, ducation and work experience. The population of this study of science subjects teachers in West Sumatra.the sample of the study was determined purposively, as many as 300 respondents have responded to the research instrument,Inference analysis used is t-test and One Way ANOVA test.The results showed that there was a significant  difference  between  the  knowledge of  science  teachers  who  taught  outside  school  with  science teachers teaching in schools in the city (t=3.15, p=0.002).Teachers who teach in the city have a higher ICT knowledge  than  teachers  who  teach  in  out  of  town  schools.ICT  Knowledge  Teachers  with  undergraduate education are higher than ICT teachers' knowledge of post-graduate education and differ significantly (t=2.82, p=0.04).Furthermore  there  is  a  significant  difference  in  ICT  knowledge of  science  teachers  based  on  work experience.The implications of this study are that schools located outside the city need to be provided with computer  equipment,  internet  access  and  trainings  that  can  improve  teachers'  ICT  knowledge,  especially experienced teachers.  

Keywords : ICT knowledge, science teacher, school location, work experience