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Exploring Factors Influencing Digital Inclusion Within Modern Pedagogical Practices Prevalent Amongst Schoolteachers: Smart Students, Smarter Teachers?

Title
Exploring Factors Influencing Digital Inclusion Within Modern Pedagogical Practices Prevalent Amongst Schoolteachers: Smart Students, Smarter Teachers?
Creator
Abhay, Rabia; Suresh, Sruthi
Description
Teachers serve as torchbearers to the vast expanse of knowledge, leaving a lasting impact on the minds of their students through their teaching styles and pedagogical practices. With the advancement of technology, the integration of digital technologies has increasingly been observed in pedagogical approaches. The current study seeks to explore various subjective factors related to teachers, such as their teaching styles, age, classes taught, educational qualifications, and years of experience, in relation to their individual digital competencies and the extent of digital inclusivity in their pedagogies. Three psychometric scales were employed for data collection (TSI-Q, DiPeCoS, and TDiCoS). Data were gathered from 215 school teachers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and subsequently analysed. The results revealed a significant influence of teaching styles (p = 0.045), classes taught (p = 0.001), age (p = 0.006), and years of teaching experience (p = 0.016) on the digital inclusivity of the teachers' pedagogical practices. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.
Source
Smart Business and Education in the Age of VUCA and BANI;pp.211-241
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
CRC Press
Subject
Digital competencies; Digital tools; EdTech; Smart pedagogy; Teaching styles
Coverage
Abhay R., Christ University, India; Suresh S., Christ University, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISBN: 979-833737924-1; 979-833737922-7;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Book chapter

Citation

Abhay, Rabia; Suresh, Sruthi, “Exploring Factors Influencing Digital Inclusion Within Modern Pedagogical Practices Prevalent Amongst Schoolteachers: Smart Students, Smarter Teachers?,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 18, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/24930.

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