Demographic analysis of trainee teachers: Insights into e-content usage patterns at teacher's training institutes in Malaysia

Abstract

This study examines the usage characteristics of electronic content (e-content) by trainee teachers in Teacher Training Institutes (IPG) in Malaysia, particularly how these usage patterns paralleled the age, sex, and level of education of the trainee's demographic variables. 330 respondents used quantitative measures to get the level of e-content utilization among the trainees. Younger trainees and people with high information literacy skills tend to utilize e-content to learn more effectively. The intra-group study also determined the concerns of trainees from rural setups regarding technology and internet coverage. Using a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics, this study presents key aspects that the IPG management should focus on to develop better ways of promoting e-content usage to enhance teaching and learning processes. The implications of the results further on the policies regarding the implementation of efficient changes to the access to information as well as infrastructural development in the Malaysian educational setting have also stated why all troops underwent a satisfactory education program and became full members of the society