The perception of teachers on the use of digital resources in classroom; a study in government primary schools of Dhaka city

Abstract

This study is an exploration of the perception of primary schools teachers on the use of digital resources in the government primary school. Teachers perception were analysed by identifying the factors relating to their preparedness, usage of the digital tools and factors related to the usefulness of digital contents and resources. To identify these factors, the study analysed the teachers’ good practices of digital tools and their understanding of the effective digital learning materials. The study was conducted in form of qualitative research where data was collected from four government primary schools based in Dhaka. The interviews were carried over phone during the COVID-19 pandemic when the government of Bangladesh imposed lockdown in Dhaka and announced the closure of the all education institutions. The study revealed primary school teachers perceived that the use of digital resources in the classroom is substantially useful for making a class interactive. However, the study indicated that the factors relating to the teachers’ preparedness on the use of digital classroom play a significant role while presenting effective digital learning materials or contents are also important for making a classroom enjoyable and helping primary school students achieving learning outcome. More effort on the areas such as increase the digital resources, teachers’ professional development, quality digital learning materials, administrative support and infrastructure for accessibility are also proposed by this study.