Status of Information and Communication Technology Training and Support for Science and Technology Teacher Educators in Colleges of Education in Southeast, Nigeria

Resource type
Journal Article
Author/contributor
Title
Status of Information and Communication Technology Training and Support for Science and Technology Teacher Educators in Colleges of Education in Southeast, Nigeria
Abstract
Education is perceived in this piece as a process of learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, support and research.ICT has a very significant place in the education process that involves teachers and instruction.Information and communication technology have become within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society including Science and technology teachers.The purpose of the study is to determine the status of ICT training and support for science and technology teacher educators in colleges of education within Southeast Nigeria.The study adopted a survey research design.The population of the study consisted of 454 science and technology teacher educators in colleges of education within Southeast state Nigeria.The instrument was subjected to face validation by three experts.The reliability coefficients of the instrument for the study is 0.98 using Cronbach's Alpha formula.Five research questions that guided the study were answered using mean and standard deviation.Five research hypotheses were tested at 0.5 level of significance using one-way ANOVA.Among the findings of the study were that, there is low ICT training, support and competence for science and technology teacher educators.It was concluded, among others, that government should help.
Publication
International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development
Volume
Volume-3
Issue
Issue-3
Pages
939-946
Date
2019-04-30
ISSN
2456-6470
Call Number
openalex: W2951419551
Extra
openalex: W2951419551 mag: 2951419551 id: openalex:W2951419551 keywords: , , ,
Citation
Bernard, E. C. (2019). Status of Information and Communication Technology Training and Support for Science and Technology Teacher Educators in Colleges of Education in Southeast, Nigeria. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, Volume-3(Issue-3), 939–946. https://doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd21511