Faculty of Information Management UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA QUESTIONNAIRE: Internet use in schools: an overview into the abilities of teachers

to retrieve information (Instruction: Please tick (/) your answer in the respective boxes) A. Respondents Background 1. Gender Male 2. Age 20 24 25 29 30 34 35 39 40 44 45 49 Above 50 3. Highest qualification Masters degree First degree Diploma STPM/Certificate 4. Current grade Grade 41 48 Grade 29 38 Other, please state :______________ 5. Division/Unit Language Humanity Mathematics & Science Technical & Vocational Female

B. Internet Awareness 1. Have you attended any Internet skill course? Yes No 2. Level of Internet skills a) Searching b) Downloading c) E-mail d) Communication/Chatting/messenger e) Forum/Community f) e commerce/online banking Low Low Low Low Low Low Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate High High High High High High

3. Do you think that Internet is the most important element to gather knowledge and information? Yes No 4. Do you think that Internet skill is required by all teachers to enrich their knowledge? Yes No 5. Do you think learning aids provided in the Internet can increase the motivation of students? Yes No 6. Do you agree that all schools should be provided with Internet service to allow teachers to retrieve information and improve their knowledge? Yes No 7. Do you agree that most of teachers would like to retrieve a lot of information from the Internet but they lack the skills to do so. Yes No 8. Do you agree that most of teachers have aware of the importance of Internet in education but the Internet facility provided in school is limited? 2

Yes No C. Experience Using the Internet 1. Number of years of Internet use Less than 1 year 1 2 years 3 4 years 5 years and above 2. Average use of Internet in a week 4 7 hours 8 14 hours 15 21 hours 22 27 hours 28 hours and above 3. Activities during Internet surfing (You may tick more than one item) Finding information about subject matter Reading online newspapers/news/magazines Finding information about good and services Playing/downloading music, games, software Online banking/ financial activities Purchasing/ordering goods or services 4. Does the Internet provide a lot of information about the subject you teach? Yes No 5. Internet is one of your resources for teaching materials. Yes No 6. Information retrieved from the Internet is relevant and current. Yes No 7. Additional information from the Internet helps to enhance your self esteem. Yes No

8. Material retrieved from the Internet helps students understands. Yes No D. Problem in Using the Internet 1. I seldom use internet because lack of the skill to do so. Agree Disagree 2. The process of finding information is taking too long. Agree Disagree 3. The number of computers with Internet access provided in school is limited. Agree Disagree 4. The Internet connection is always interrupted. Agree Disagree 5. I feel bored because many of computers experience technical problems. Agree Disagree 6. Some information obtained from Internet is irrelevant. Agree Disagree 7. No or lack of support from the school administrators to use the Internet in schools. Agree Disagree 8. No time to surf the Internet. Agree Disagree 9. Too many advertisement in the Internet. Agree Disagree 10. Many information provided in Internet is in English. 4

Agree Disagree E. Training and Courses 1. Do you have adequate training to retrieve information from the Internet? Yes No 2. Do you think the school/Education Department/Ministry of Education should develop training programmes and courses for all teachers? Yes No 3. Do you think most teachers are willing to attend training and courses about information retrieval from the Internet? Yes No 4. Do you think school should develop a programme to encourage teachers to use Internet? Yes No 5. Do you think that after attending the training and courses, the rate of Internet use among teachers will increase? Yes No 6. Types of Internet skill that you required: (You may tick more than one item) Searching Downloading E-mail Communication/Chatting/messenger Forum/Community e commerce/online banking Other, please state :___________________________

Thank you for your kind cooperation to fill the questionnaire. Kindly return the questionnaire to ABDUL JALIL BIN MOHAMAD, at SMK Jerantut, Jalan Tembeling, 27000, Jerantut, Pahang Darul Makmur. Telephone: 09-2662255 (office) or Cellphones 014 8035105; E-mail: abdjars@gmail.com or abdjars@hotmail.com