Teachers' knowledge, skill and attitude toward English and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in International School-based Pioneer (RSBI)

Abstract

The study of the research highlights the RSBI teachers’ knowledge, skill and attitude in English and ICT in general secondary high school of SMA N 1 Tanjung Pinang – Riau Island province as the school that holds the status of RSBI. The study further examined whether there is a significant difference in teachers’ knowledge, skill and attitude in English and ICT base on age and gender. In this study, a set of data collection using questionnaires was given out and completed by 26 teachers as the respondent. The data was analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 16.0. The Cronbach alpha value for teachers’ knowledge, skill, and attitude in English was 0.783 whereas teachers’ knowledge, skill and attitude in ICT was 0.862. The research finding indicated that the RSBI teachers’ knowledge in English was high. However, their English skill in moderate level and English attitude was positive. Meanwhile, The RSBI teachers’ knowledge and attitude in ICT was high but their ICT skill moderate. The finding of statistical inferential by t-test and ANOVA indicated that from the twelve of hypothesis, only one hypothesis indicating that there was a significant difference in teachers’ skill in ICT based on age.. Finally, all the stakeholders and the policy makers in education increase the teachers’ skill in English and ICT in order to obtain the international school-based (SBI).