Availability of Information and Communication Technology Resources for Enhancing Teachers' Instructional Delivery in Private Secondary Schools in Port-Harcourt Metropolis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47747/ijets.v2i2.686Keywords:
Information and Communication Technology, resources availability, teachers’ enhancement, instructional deliveryAbstract
The study investigated the availability of ICT resources for enhancing teachers' Instructional delivery in Private Secondary Schools in Port-Harcourt Metropolis. The purpose of the study was to investigate the availability, adequacy and utilization of ICT resources for enhancing teachers’ instructional delivery in the schools. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of all private secondary school teachers in Port-Harcourt Metropolis. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the sample. To achieve this, 10 Private Secondary Schools were selected from each of the two Local Government Areas in Port Harcourt Metropolis. From each of the 10 schools, 160 teachers (80 males and 8o females) were randomly sampled. A self-structured checklist/questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data for the study. Cronbach Alpha reliability was used to establish the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded 0.86, 0.85 and 0.77 reliability indexes. The data collected were analyzed using percentages, mean and standard deviation while z-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significant. The findings of this study show that laptop computers, printers, Internet facilities, PowerPoint projectors, radio and television sets, educational software amongst others were ICT resources available for enhancing teachers’ instructional delivery in private secondary schools. Secondly, the findings showed that computer printers, Radio and television sets, smart phones among others are adequate for teachers’ instructional delivery in private secondary school. The study also found that computers and laptops, internet facilities, educational software amongst others are utilized for instructional delivery to a high extent. It was therefore recommended that private schools administration should scale up the provision of ICT resources for instructional delivery. In addition, teachers' skills in the utilization of ICT resources should be improved.
References
Ademiluyi, L. F. (2012). Wedlock of the gods: Using vocational education and ICT for the promotion of entrepreneurship and accelerated national development. Gateway Journal of Business Education, 3(1), 77-82.
Agboola, J. M. (2011). Research techniques. Ibadan: Newdeal Publications Nig Ltd.
Ajalaye, C. O. (2014). Information and communication technology (ICT) as a desideratum in tertiary education institution in Nigeria, The colloquium: A Multi Disciplinary Thematic Policy Journal, 1(2), 180-190.
Ajayi, I. A., & Ekundayo, H. T. (2017). Funding initiatives in university education in Nigeria.
Ajayi, I. A. (2008). Towards effective use of information and communication technology for teaching in Nigerian colleges of education. Asian Journal of Information Technology, 7(5), 210-214.
Akanmu, M. (1998). Information Technology: The current strategy for effective science and technology instruction. Bich Journal of Education, 2(1), 33-39.
Aribisala, J. O. (2016). Role of information and communication technology in globalization. In A. A. Agagu (Ed.). Information and Community Technology and Computer Applications. Abuja: Pan of Press.
Geddes, S. J. (2005). Mobile learning in the 21st Century; Benefit for Learners; Free Journal and Educational Non- profit Institution, 1-4 and 91.
Hedge, B. & Hayward, N. (2004). Enhancing student learning with hand help computers. IEEE Computer.
James E. K. (2005). Mobile phones in Education Setting; Recent changes in classroom Environment. Journal of Information System Education. http://www.allbusiness.com/ humanresources
Kwache, P. Z. (2017). The imperatives of information and communication technology for teachers in Nigeria higher education. MERLOT Journal of Online learning and teaching, 3(4), 359 - 399.
Ofodu, G. O. (2017). Nigeria Literary educators and their technological needs in a digital age. Education Focus, 5(1), 22 - 30.
Ogunmilade, C. A. (2012). Television for Instruction. Television Quarterly, 7, 7-11.
Oke, J. S. (2013). The Challenge of a new reality: Information and communication technology and the new frontiers of knowledge. Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 5(1), 12-22.
Okebukola, P. (2007). Old, new and current technology in education. UNESCO Africa, 14(15), 7-18.
Onyejemezi C. C. (2009). ICT skills needed by Higher National Diploma Office Technology and Management students for effective office administration. Unpublished M.Ed dissertation, Department of Business Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Osofisan, A. O. (2013). Information and communication technology in the new education. Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 5(1), 2-11.
Osun State Government (2018). Budget of the State of Osun. Osogbo: Osun State Government Press.
Oyeniran, S. G. (2010). Opportunities and challenges of Information and communication technology. Journal of Business Education, 5(1), 33-42.
Punch Nigeria (2019). ICT Education and the 2019 budget proposal. htpps://www.punchonline.com.
Rogina, C. (2012). Problems, challenges and benefits of implementing e-learning in Nigeria university: An empirical study. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Leaning, 3(2), 17-26.
Sale, I. O. (2015). E-learning and distance education Nigeria. The Turkish online Journal of Education Technology TOJET, 7(4).
Yusuf, M. O. (2005). Information and communication technology: Analysing the Nigerian national policy for information technology. International Education Journal, 6(3), 316-332.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Hillary Wordu, Mercy Jaja, Tamunokubie Gideon
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
