Relationship between the Personal Characteristics of Teachers and their Extent of Utilization of Different ICT Tools

Abstract

ICT has the ability to prepare learners for a rapidly changing world scenario. They may use ICT as a tool to identify, analyze, exchange and present information as per their need. The study was conducted in three purposively selected agricultural universities in Rajasthan. Three constituent colleges from each agriculture university were selected purposely on the basis of having maximum number of teachers and 60 per cent of teachers were selected from every college by using simple random sampling technique. The teachers of SKNAU, Jobner and their personal characteristics there were negative and significant relationship with age and annual income, negative and non-significant relationship with education, teaching experience and training, positive and significant relationship with time devoted to ICT in a day and achievement motivation and positive and non-significant relationship with accessibility to ICT tools, innovativeness and job commitment. In SKRAU Bikaner there were negative and significant relationship with age, annual income and teaching experience, negative and non-significant relationship with achievement motivation, positive and significant relationship with time devoted to ICT in a day and accessibility to ICT tools and positive and non-significant relationship with education, training, innovativeness and job commitment. Whereas, in MPUAT, Udaipur  there were negative and significant relationship with age, teaching experience and annual income, negative and non-significant relationship with  education, innovativeness and achievement motivation, positive and significant relationship with training, time devoted to ICT in a day and accessibility to ICT tools and positive and non-significant relationship with job commitment.