In the 21st century, there has been a great shift in terms of educational transaction, technology, environment, social values, culture, and gender sensitivity. Now, the focus is shifting from knowledge acquisition to information management and processing. The present study had examined the impact of learning approaches and attitude towards technology on teaching of internet users and non-users teachers of professional colleges. For conducted the prsented study, 300 male & female teachers of various regular mode professional colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh were selected for the present study. The findings of the study pointed out that the user and non-user professional college teachers differ significantly in respect of scores on Computer/Internet use in their teaching. And the user professional college teachers integrate Computer/Internet more in their teaching as compared to their non-user counterparts. Althought, user or non-user professional college teachers with high or low attitude, and deep or surface approach do not significantly affect each other to yield difference in levels of use of Computer/Internet. Moreover, in the same way, the interaction effect among learning approaches, attitude towards technology of user and non user professional college teachers did not yield differences in mean scores for use of Computer/Internet in their teaching activities. The results of the present study indicate that the level of use of Computer/Internet by the professional college teachers in their teaching was different for user and non-user teachers having high and low attitude towards technology and having deep and surface approach of study/learning. The results have a direct implication for teachers and administrators. The quality of teaching may enhance and ultimately help teachers in their outlook, confidence & level of knowledge etc. There is a great need to enhance the use of Computer/Internet because it helps in providing an easy access to the experts and specialists. Lack of knowledge of Computers is a main barrier for integrating Computers into curriculum. Hence teachers should be provided adequate knowledge and skills for using Computers. Moreover, the support for staff development can be a significant factor in contributing to use Computes effectively and successfully. The support of a social environment of Computer using teachers at the same school is an important factor.
Teaching, Learning Approaches, Attitude, Technology, Internet, Teachers
