ANALYSING THE PERCEPTIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHERS AT HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL

Abstract

Technology has become the main game changer in all fields of study including education. The purpose of this research study was to analyze the teachers’ perceptions about using technology and their technological knowledge at higher education level. A sample size of 123 teachers consisting 79 male teachers and 44 female teachers was selected by using the stratified random sampling technique. The sample was selected from the six social sciences departments of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. The data was collected by adopting a questionnaire based on five point Likert scale. Frequency distribution and descriptive statistics were used to analyse the collected data by applying SPSS-25. The findings of the study indicated that most of the teachers of the social sciences departments of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan have positive perceptions about using technology at higher education level though their technological knowledge was not so good. So, it was recommended that trainings and workshops must be conducted to 
improve the technological knowledge of teachers at higher education level.