Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Affective Learning of Students at Higher Secondary Schools: An Analysis

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze the role of information and communication technologies for affective learning of students at higher secondary schools. The study was descriptive and survey-based. Both the qualitative and quantitative (QUAN-qual.) methods were applied. The explanatory approach was used. Population of the study comprised principles, subject specialists, and students of higher secondary classes of district Khairpur, Sindh. The basic random sampling method was used. The sample of study was consisted 400 students, 8 Principals, 24 subject specialists. The questionnaires were developed as research instruments for gathering information from the participants. The advice of experts was used to guarantee validity, while Cronbach Alpha was used in SPSS-23 to determine reliability.  Overall the findings of the study revealed that majority of the SSTs students were agreed that the problems and issues related to ICTs. The mean score was 3.419.the standard deviation was 1.569 and According to the study's findings, the majority of SSTs and students believed that students could learn real-world situations, enhance their knowledge, create learning content, communicate, find assigned topics online, obtain quick information, comprehend better when teachers integrated ICTs, learn effectively through ICT use, and learn from online dictionaries and encyclopedias. The emerging technologies may be included teaching learning process to transmit the updated and relevant knowledge of ICTs.