How do school leaders influence teachers’ attitudes towards integrating ICT in schools
1. What are the challenges in implementing technology in primary schools?
2. To what extent do leaders influence teachers’ attitudes towards technology integration in primary schools?
3. How can school leaders improve and promote positive teachers’ attitudes on integrating technology in primary schools?
Computer technology, in most developing countries is a new innovation. In developed countries, computer technology is applied in different sectors long time ago to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in various aspects including education sector (Mulamula, 1998). Today, information and communication technology (ICT) is being applied in different key sectors of the economy including education to improve efficiency. There are some challenges in implementing technology in schools. The challenges include: unwillingness of some teachers to teach ICT; lack of interest to teach ICT, lack of literacy among teachers and pupils, and lack of pedagogical knowledge and limited access to ICT facilities by most teachers and pupils.
Old style Roman design utilized the arch so they could construct enormous public spaces with vaulted roofs. One illustration of the old style utilization of curves and vault development is the Pantheon. Enormous structures where required for public use due the high populace of Rome. Romans abundance permitted gave them assets to construct enormous structures including bathhouses and reservoir conduits for their populace. The utilization of design to construct the reservoir conduits and sewage frameworks during this time span permitted Romans admittance to clean water for washing, drinking, and waste evacuation. Romans involved supporting curves in regions to help the reservoir conduits for water transport. A few homes at the time even had water conveyed from those reservoir conduits. Romans who had more cash could assemble greater and more intricate homes. Romans additionally involved vaults in their structure development. One such sort was the crotch vault that was utilized in building the Baths of Caracalla. A crotch vault is joining two crescent barrel vaults of the very width that meet at right points. The Pantheon was inherent 126 AD as a sanctuary to every one of the lords of old Rome (Moore, 1995). To this date, the vault of the Pantheon is one of the world’s biggest substantial arch that offers no support (Moore, 1995). Crossing curves that run on a level plane help Pantheon’s vault (Moore, 1995). The Pantheon was utilized as a congregation and furthermore holds a few burial chambers of past rulers of Italy. The utilization of these curves let the Romans support the enormous weight necessity for Pantheons arch and other huge Classical symbol like the Flavian Amphitheater, better knows as The Colosseum (Fletcher, 2012).
The Roman Colosseum was worked around 70 to 80 AD (Fletcher, 2012). The huge construction utilized the curves to help the gigantic structure, which is assessed to have held north of 50,000 individuals (10 Top Tourist Attractions in Rome,’ n.d.). The Colosseum was utilized for public combatant fights, executions, and preparing. During the Middle ages it was subsequently reused for lodging and as a Christian sanctuary (10 Top Tourist Attractions in Rome,’ n.d.). The Colosseum utilizes huge curves to help different levels and the heaviness of the development (Fletcher, 2012). It has four primary levels with eighty curves in each level (Fletcher, 2012). The levels differ in range from 34 to 45 feet tall. The curves should be visible overall around the Colosseum (Fletcher, 2012). The curve is a urgent development thing. Each curve has two backings, called the wharfs. Every dock is topped by a stage called an impost. The curve is then developed to interface the two imposts. A column of these curves is called an arcade. The Colosseum is one of Rome’s most well known vacation spots and is an extraordinary model in the utilization of curves and arcade plan (‘Roman Colosseum History,’ n.d.). In the old Roman time, lodging assumed a huge part in economic wellbeing of the networks. The mortgage holders would utilize engineering style, material and development techniques to show their abundance by exhibiting their homes. The rich Roman people would burn through immense measures of cash and assets on significant structure projects. The Roman