Teachers’ Attitudes Towards the Use of Interactive Whiteboards in the English Secondary School Classroom in Kuwait

This study aims to investigate teachers’ attitudes towards the use of interactive whiteboards (IWB) in the English secondary school classroom. The study also investigates the problems that might face teachers while using the IWB. The data were gathered using a qualitative method which included interviews with seven English teachers and four observation exercises in different cities in Kuwait. The result of this study revealed that teachers have a positive attitude towards the use of the IWB in Kuwait. The findings of this study show that the IWB can be helpful as it can save time during the lesson and reduce teachers’ efforts in writing on the board; the IWB might be helpful in simplifying the topics that teachers explain in the lesson. It was also found that the IWB might increase the level of concentration and participation in the lesson. In spite of the fact that the teachers have a positive attitude towards the use of the IWB in the lesson, there are many problems that can face teachers while using the IWB. The findings show that a lack of training, technical issues, a lack of support, restrictions in accessing some educational websites and anxiety in using governmental property could promote a gap between the IWB and the teachers using the IWB as an instructional tool

Anxiety · Face-to-face · Multimethodology · Positive attitude · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Education and Technology Integration · Gender and Technology in Education · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques