Effect of the Technology-Enabled Lesson Planning on 21st Century Skills of Students at Secondary Level
Abstract
Technology-enabled pedagogical practices are gripping the attention of all scholastic organizations around the globe
and Pakistan is no exemption in this respect. As far as technology -enabled learning environment is concerned, teacher’s
pedagogies has not been implemented yet particularly in public sector schools. This study explores the effect of teaching
through technology-enabled lesson planning on learners’ 21st century skills in Biology subject. A group of students
studying Biology subject (N=177), was selected from public schools, administered by the local provincial authorities
functioning under the Government of Sindh, Pakistan, who participated in the descriptive research. A regression model
revealed the significant level among dependent and independent variable through the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS) version 22. Result stated the positive significance level among technology-enabled lesson planning and
learners’ 21st century skills. The students studying in a technology supported learning environment develop 21st century
skills. The research recommended creating technology supported learning environment for students as a digital native
studying Biology at public secondary schools of Sind, Pakistan. On the other hand, training for teachers as digital
immigrants regarding 2.0 technology tools of teaching should be held continuously
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