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    Promoting Lifelong Learning through Technology Literacy: An Analysis of EFL Teachers and Third-Year Students’ Views in Brothers Hamdi and Idris Ahmed Secondary Schools in Tizi-ouzou (Algeria)
    (Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi –Ouzou, 2022) Abdellaoui, Ryma; Achouche, Zina
    This research examines EFL teachers and students’ views towards technology literacy as a means of promoting lifelong learning. It deals with Third-Year students at the Secondary Schools Idris Ahmed and Brothers Hamdi in Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria). The goal is to get insights into the attitudes that the teachers and students have towards technology literacy to further the students’ education throughout their lives. Alexander Romiszowski’s Taxonomy (1981); which discusses the skills that students need to enhance to promote their lifelong learning. The research uses mixed-methods approach, gathering and analyzing data using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Eighty-one (81) Third-Year students who use digital devices are randomly chosen to receive a questionnaire, and six (6) teachers at the mentioned Secondary Schools are interviewed as part of the data gathering process. In terms of data analysis, the close-ended questionnaire items' numerical data are analyzed using the rule of three, and the open-ended interview and questionnaire questions' findings are interpreted using qualitative content analysis (QCA). The findings show that both teachers and students have positive views towards using technology literacy to foster lifelong learning. The results also show how important it is for learners to use technology literacy to develop a variety of skills, including cognitive, psychomotor, and reactive abilities, as well as factual and conceptual knowledge.