Perception of teacher trainees towards learning through information and communication technologies

The quality of education depends on the quality of technology. Information and communication technology (ICT) has become popular within a very short time one of the basic building blocks of modern society. The present study was aim to find out the perception of teacher trainees towards learning through information and communication technologies. The objectives of the study were to find out the overall perception of teacher trainees on learning through ICT, difference between male and female, rural and urban, graduate and post graduate, Language and S.St ,Computer teacher and Science teacher trainees towards ICT. The study was conducted on the sample of 300 teacher trainees of Lovely professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. Stratified random sampling technique was used for the study. Self made questionnaire was used to know the perception of teacher trainees towards learning through ICT. To analyse and interpret the data quartile deviation and t-test statistical techniques were used. The findings of the study: were there exists a favourable perception of teacher trainees on learning through ICT, there exists significant difference between male and female teacher trainees, there exists significant difference between perception of graduate and post graduate teacher trainees on learning through ICT. Also it has been found that there is no difference between language and S.St, computer and science teacher.