TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TO THE APPLICATION AND PROBLEMS FACING THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN LIFELONG EDUCATION IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
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Journal Type:Research Article
Subject:Education
Subject Field:Education and Information Technologies
Volume:118, Issue: 1, February, 2023
Publish Date:February 4, 2023 7:00 pm
Pages:38-47
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Abstract
As globalization advances educational systems have to respond to other profound changes, such as the knowledge explosion, and the increasingly rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT). This study investigated the perceptionofteacherstotheapplicationandproblemsfacingtheuseofICTin lifelongeducation.Theresearchdesignusedforthisstudywasdescriptivesurvey. ThepopulationforthisresearchworkwasteachersinAfijioLocalGovernmentArea ofOyostate.Thestudyconsistsoffifty(50) teachers who were randomly selected from five (5) secondary schools in the Local Government under study. The instrumentusedforthisresearchisadaptedStructuredQuestionnairetagged QuestionnairesonTeachersPerceptionandProblemsofICTinLifelongEducation (QTPPTILE) with the reliability coefficient of 0.75.Descriptive statistic was used in the analysis of the findings.Thefindingsrevealedthatteachersinschoolshave positiveandrightperceptionofICTapplicationinteachinglifelongeducationand findingsalsoshowedthatproblemofinadequatefacilityofICT,epilepticpower supplyofelectricity,amongotherswereaffectingtheeffectiveapplicationofICTin school.It was recommended among others that there should be adequate awarenesscampaignstatingfromcollegesofeducationleveltotheentirepopulace ontheimportanceofvarietyoftechnologiesthatcanenhancelifelongeducation.