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Summary
The article describes the study of the use of modern technologies at Rīga State
Vocational School (RSVS). On the basis of analysis of available studies, the authors
identified the factors that influence the use of modern technologies in the teaching/
learning process that have also been emphasized in the studies of scholars of different
countries. Questionnaires and interviews were used to study the attitudes of the
RSVS teaching staff to new technologies, and the authors identified the factors that
affect the use of modern technologies at RSVS. The study resulted in preparation of
recommendations for successful integration of modern technologies in vocational
education.
The results of the empirical study reveal that the most essential factors that
positively influence the use of modern technologies in the teaching/learning process
at RTVS are the following: organizational factors – collaboration and organization
of work; social and psychological factors – the support on the part of colleagues and
the administration and the culture of organization; personal factors – the interest in
using the modern media at lectures and the attitude towards modern technologies; and
technological factors – the accessibility of the modern technologies.
Teachers identify the essential factors that hinder the integration and intensive
use of new technologies in their lectures at RSVS, namely the insufficient number of
computers, projectors, and interactive boards; rooms not equipped with technologies;