Abstract: In Kuwait, teachers and educators must encourage students to use the Internet more for their own sake. However, I believe it is first of all important to explore students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards accepting and using the Internet, before actually asking them to use it. Most importantly, we need to determine the extent to which gender and discipline differences impact the acceptance and use of the Internet. Therefore, this study aims to explore knowledge of and attitudes towards the significance of the Internet, when endeavouring to enhance male and female students’ learning at (PAAET) in Kuwait. Furthermore, the impact of gender and discipline differences on such acceptance and use will also be explored at PAAET. The sample selected was a convenience sample, consisting of 30 (15 male and 15 female) pre-service teachers from different backgrounds (i.e. in terms of gender and discipline). A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The findings reveal that there were no differences related to students’ gender on levels of knowledge. However, there were differences related to discipline. Furthermore, the findings show differences between male and female students as regards their attitudes to using the Internet, with the difference in favour of male students. Although it is recognised that the range and generalisability of the study is limited, due to its small and non-representative sample, this study could be considered as an apt initial inroad into the study area, which could be useful in future, providing clues for future research in this specific field.
Keywords: Knowledge of, attitude, Internet, gender and discipline.
Title: Knowledge Of and Attitudes towards Using the Internet for Learning: Gender and Discipline
Author: Bader Alfelaij, Abdullah Aldhafiri
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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