Abstract
M.Ed. (Information and Communication Technology in Education)
Educational institutions all over the world are working towards providing teaching and learning services through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), such as computers, electronic white boards, classroom response systems, and mobile technologies, in an effort to make learning and teaching more effective, attractive and interesting. However, the implementation of ICT learning lies upon the shoulders of the teachers. The teachers must have necessary knowledge, capabilities and competency skills to use such ICT resources in their teaching practice. Thus, teachers are encouraged to teach with tools that promote skill development, which are, in turn, perceived to help in the development of the learner‘s talents and to make learners responsible citizens. This study therefore seeks to explore the knowledge underpinning teachers‘ competency skills and capabilities in teaching with ICT. Moreover, the key uniqueness of this study is in the context of developing a self-rating scale questionnaire that will assess teacher‘s ICT-integration competencies. The research will delineate competency levels based on the former Department of Education‘s Teachers Competency Framework Standard (2007) for the implementation of ICT as well as reporting on some findings gained from the responses on the questionnaire that was administered to undergraduate student-teachers at the University of Johannesburg. It was found that only some students had the ability to use ICT‘s at the upper level of the Framework continuum, that of Innovation.