EVALUATION OF THE USE OF ICT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the use of ICT in teaching learning process in senior secondary schools. The sample used for the study was random sampling technique which is used to select randomly one private and one public school making it to be two schools in Ojo Co-education secondary schools, Lagos state. Senior secondary school one (SS 1) students were used for the study where 30 from private and 30 from public school were picked randomly. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the sample. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested by the researcher using Chi-square statistical analysis which was all rejected. Relevant literatures were also reviewed. The study concluded with a recommendation that the government should increase funding for the entire educational sector with emphasis on ICT this will help improve the level of ICT facilities in the schools.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table of Content vi-viii
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of the problem 4
1.3 Purpose of the study 4
1.4 Significance of the study 5
1.5 Research hypotheses 5
1.6 Scope/Delimitation of the study 6
1.7 Definition of terms 6
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction 8
2.1 The level of availability and capacity of using ICT in secondary schools 9
2.2 The Effective Management of ICT in Nigerian Secondary Schools 19
2.3 Summary 26
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction 31
3.1 Research design 31
3.2 Area of study 32
3.3 Population of the study 32
3.4 The research instrument 32
3.5 Validity of the instrument 33
3.6 Reliability of the instrument 33
3.7 Procedure for data collection 33
3.8 Method of data analysis 34
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
4.0 Introduction 35
4.1 Analysis of hypothesis 1 36
4.2 Analysis of hypothesis 2 38
4.3 Analysis of hypothesis 3 40
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary 44
5.2 Conclusion 45
5.3 Recommendation 46
REFERENCES 47
APPENDIX 48
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Information and community technologies (ICT) have become key tools and had a revolution impact on how we see the world and how we live. Today, the place of ICTs in education and the world in general cannot be undermined.
Modern day businesses are conducted and facilitated through the use of telephones, fax machines and computer communication networks through the internet.
This phenomenon has given birth to the contemporary ecommerce, e-government, e-medicine, e-banking and education among others.
According to Bandele (2006), ICT is a revolution that involves the use of computers, internet and other tele- communication technology in every aspect of human endeavor. The author posited that ICT is a simply about sharing and having access to data with ease. It is regarded as the super highway through which formation is transmitted and shared by people all over the world.
Ozoji in Jimoh (2007) defined ICT as the handling and processing of information (texts, images, graphs, instruction etc) for use, by means of electronic and communication devices such as computers, cameras, telephone. Ofodu (2007) also refer to ICT as electronic or computerized devices, assisted by human and interactive materials that can be used for a wide range of teaching and learning as well as for personal use. From these definitions, ICT could therefore be defined as processing and sharing of information using all kinds of electronic device, an umbrella that includes all technologies for the manipulation and communication of information.
The field of education has certainly been affected by the penetrating influence of ICT worldwide and in particular developed countries; ICT has made a very profound and remarkable impact on the quality and quantity of teaching, learning research in the educational institutions.
Information and community technology has the potentials to accelerate, enrich, and deepen skill; to motivate and engage students in learning to help relate school experiences to work practices; to help create economic viability for tomorrow’s workers, contribute to radical changes in school; to strengthen teaching and to provide opportunities for connection between the school and the world.
Aribisala (2006) posited that ICTs are increasingly playing an important role in organizations and in society’s ability to produce access, adopt and apply information. They are however being heralded as the tools for the post-industrial age and the foundations for a knowledge economy due to their ability to facilitate the transfer and acquisition of knowledge. Stressing the importance of the use of ICT in schools, Olorunsola (2007) posited that through ICT, educational needs have been met; it changes the needs of education as well as the potential processes. Message can be communicated through the e-mail, telex or telephones particularly the mobile ones.
The pervasiveness of ICT has brought about rapid teleological, social, political and economic transformation, which has eventuated in a network society organized around ICT (Yusuf, 2005). The author posited that ICT is an indispensable part of educational administration as its application makes institutions more efficient and productive, thereby engendering a variety of tools to enhance and facilitate teachers’ pedagogical activities. For instance, e-learning is becoming one of the most common means of using ICT to provide education to students both on and off campus by means of teaching online offered via web-based systems.
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
It is widely seen that with the introduction of information communication technology into the educational system, it has been discovered that teaching could be developed in a more flexible way through the use of ICT in order to make it more responsive to students’ learning.
It is therefore suitable to investigate and also evaluate the use of information communication technology in teaching and learning process in senior secondary schools.
- PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is therefore summarized as follow:
- To find out the students’ opinion on the use of information and communication technology in teaching-learning process.
- To investigate the students’ opinion on the benefits and also the challenges of ICT in the teaching-learning process.
- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This research work aimed to promoting and facilitating better understanding of the use of ICT in the readers as regards the project work. This work will also help to have good understanding about ICT.
This research work hopes to show that the use of ICT will improve the standard of education in achieving the millennium development goals (Universal Basic Education millennium goals).
- RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
Ho1: There is no significant relationship in the opinion of private and public secondary schools on the exposure of students to the use of information and communication technology.
Ho2: There is no significant relationship in the opinion of private and public secondary schools on the perceived benefits of ICT in the secondary schools.
Ho3: There is no significant relationship in the opinion of private and public secondary schools on the challenges facing ICT in secondary schools.
- SCOPE/DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This research work will have focus on the project tile as not to loose the purpose of the study. Therefore, the project will focus on the evaluation of the use of ICT in teaching and learning process in senior secondary schools.
- DEFINITION OF TERMS
Learning – is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information.
Software – is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it. In other words, software is a conceptual entity which is a set of computer programs, procedures, and associated documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system.
Teaching – is an act of provides education for pupils (children) and students (adults). The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional qualifications or credentials from a university or college.
Institution – is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community. Institutions are identified with a social purpose and permanence, transcending individual human lives and intentions, and with the making and enforcing of rules governing cooperative human behavior.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY – can be defined as a tool or packages developed as an application packages or as a user defined program to assist the learners to learn at their own pace.
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