Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language, Online ISSN 2348-3083, SJ IMPACT FACTOR 2021: 7.278, www.srjis.com PEER REVIEWED & REFEREED JOURNAL, DEC-JAN, 2023, VOL-11/55
A STUDY OF COMPUTER PHOBIA AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS TEACHING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER Neelam Kumari1 & Promila2, Ph.D. 1
Ph.D. Scholar Chail Chwok Mandi, Abhilashi University
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Dean, School of Education, Abhilashi University Chail Chwok, Mandi
Paper Received On: 25 JAN 2023 Peer Reviewed On: 31 JAN 2023 Published On: 1 FEB 2023 Abstract In the present study investigator investigate the computer phobia of senior secondary school teacher teaching in senior secondary school in Himachal Pradesh for this investigation The sample included only school teachers teaching in senior secondary schools of Mandi and Kullu Disttt. of Himachal Pradesh. The study was confined to a sample of 400 teachers. The study was restricted to two variables i.e. computer phobia as dependent variable and gender, independent variables. In the present study Computer Phobia Scale constructed and standardized by Dr. Rajasekar and Dr. Vaiyapuri Raja was used by the researcher. Statistics is a mathematical technique or process of gathering, describing, organizing, analysis and interpreting numerical data. The statistical techniques are used to give meaningful and consider picture of the whole data so that it could be easily comprehended. It is employed to test the hypotheses in the study. In order to study the distribution of computer phobia scores of secondary school teachers, descriptive statistics like mean, median, mode, S.D. ,Q.D., skewness and kurtosis was used. For studying the gender-wise, significance of the difference in the computer phobia among school teachers teaching in senior secondary schools, t-test was used and the investigator find that their was no significant difference in the mean scores of overall computer phobia of male and female school teachers teaching in senior secondary schools.
Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com Introduction Computer has become part and parcel of our life. Almost all our daily activities one way or the other are associated with computer. Almost everyone is having a personal computer in their homes and only a minimum percentage of them are regularly using it. Many of them are rarely using computers due to many reasons and one such reason may be their fear towards using the computer. By and large unknowingly have an irrational fear over this electronic machine and hence they keep the computers as their status symbol. Even many of the teachers Copyright © 2023, Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language