An Evaluation of Teachers’ Technological Knowledge and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Religious and Moral Education (RME)
Table 1. The Views ofRME Teachers concerning their Technological Knowledge
| Statement | M | SD |
| I can learn technology easily. | 4.36 | .64 |
| I keep up with important new technologies. | 4.24 | .60 |
| I know about a lot of different technologies. | 3.82 | 1.00 |
| I use audio- visuals (example TV and motion pictures) in teaching. | 2.68 | 1.14 |
| I use visual resources (examples chalkboards, felt board, bulletin, boards and flash cards). | 4.76 | .42 |
| I use community resources (example resource persons and places of interest) in teaching. | 3.95 | .73 |
| I use audio materials (example radio and tape recorders) in teaching. | 2.39 | 1.09 |
| Instructional resources are not available. | 2.91 | 1.45 |
| Instructional resources are very expensive. | 2.86 | 1.29 |
| Use of instructional resources is time consuming. | 2.31 | 1.29 |
| I am incompetent in using instructional resources. | 1.87 | 1.14 |
| I use instructional resources for lessons. | 3.71 | 1.10 |
| Instructional resources help me to relate religious lessons to real life experiences of pupils | 4.47 | .61 |
Scale: 1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Uncertain, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree
Mean of means = 3.41
Mean of Standard Deviation = 0.96