The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teachers' Education in Nigeria: Challenges and The way forward
Keywords:
ICT, Teacher Education, Pre-service TeachersAbstract
This survey takes a look at the role of ICT in Teachers’ Education in Nigeria. Its
major aim is to appraise the challenges faced by ICT in teachers’ education and
profer the way forward. The design for the study was survey method using
interview. The population for the study was all 1400 education students of Federal
College of Education, Zaria where 50 pre-service teachers were purposively
selected. The instrument is a questionnaire on availability and utilization of ICT
facilities for pre-service teachers in the study area. The instrument was validated
by experts and pilot tested with a reliability coefficient of 0.65. Data collected
were analyzed using simple percentage. The result indicates that 40% of preservice teachers have their personal computers and 30% of the lecture rooms
have ICT facilities. Based on the results, it is recommended that, government
should make ICT facilities available for pre-service teachers training. Also, all
lecture classrooms should be well equipped with necessary ICT facilities for
proper training of teachers.
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