The role of gender in student teachers’ technology integration in teaching English speaking skills during the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

While technology has been increasingly integrated in teaching practice, it remains unknow how gender plays a role in technology integration. This study aimed at investigating the difference between male and female student teachers in technology integration in teaching speaking skills during the sudden online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study recruited 301 Indonesian student teachers who taught English as a foreign language and had completed online practice teaching during the pandemic. They completed two online questionnaires to measure their technology integration in teaching speaking skills. The results showed significant differences between male and female student teachers in the frequency of using technology tools but in the frequency of using technology to teach speaking skills for several purposes during this pandemic time. This study offers four implications to improve the student teachers’ technology integration in online teaching modes.