Building Quality Education through Integrating ICT in Schools: Teachers’ Attitudes, Perception, and Barriers

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration has significant impacts and many barriers in the 21st century education. This mixed method study aimed at analyzing teachers’ attitudes and perceptions toward the integration of ICT in the teaching and learning processes in the schools of Indonesian rural areas and its barriers. We applied a-mix method study with two phases of data collection, survey and focus group discussion. The respondents of this research were 234 teachers for the survey and 23 participants for a focus group discussion. We used a mean and standard deviation in the data analysis of the survey. Meanwhile, the data from the FDG were transcribed, translated, coded, analyzed, and elaborated. The findings exposed the attitudes and perceptions of teachers in schools of Indonesian of rural areas toward the integration of ICT in education and the integration barriers. Implication and policy recommendations are offered for the betterment of Indonesian educational system.