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Study investigates the impact of computer phobia on educational attitudes among high school students, indicating important implications for future learning.
The current educational scenario in India is an information age where there is knowledge explosion and skills essential for living have become increasingly complex and interdependent. Hence, computer education has become one of the essential qualifications for seeking a job. Moreover, the attitude of the school children towards computer usage is significant as they are going to be the future citizens. Computer phobia may serve as a hindrance in learning about computer and using it for educational and vocational purpose. The area of computer education has by itself become significant, requiring evaluation; hence the present study was conducted by the investigator to find out the Computer Phobia of High School Students and their attitude towards Computer Usage in Education. The sample consisted of 310 high school students from Chennai city. Computer phobia scale and an Attitude scale were used to collect data. The results showed that the factors like gender, locality of the school, types of school management do not influence computer phobia of high school students and their attitude towards computer usage in education.
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