Factors Affecting

Teachers’ Use of
Information and
Communications
Technology
Research findings over the
past 20 years provide some
evidence as to the positive
effects of the use of
information and
communications technology
In spite of such projects, the
effects of numerous training
programmes and an investment
by schools in ICT resources, there
has been a disappointingly slow
uptake in schools. This article
examines the factors involved in
the take up of ICT in schools.
It is based on an
extensive review of the
literature associated with
teachers’ responses to
ICT. It is divided into
sections which examine:
factors that discourage teachers from
using technology;
schools as organizations;
factors that encourage teachers to use
technology;
the role of the teacher in relation to
ICT and its effect on pedagogy;
teachers learning to integrate
technology into their teaching.