Availability And Utilisation of Information And Communication Technology Tools In Teaching Chemistry Among Secondary School Teachers in Onitsha Education Zone

Abstract

The study investigated the availability and utilisation of information and communication technology tools in teaching Chemistry among secondary school teachers in Onitsha Education Zone in Anambra State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Five research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised of 98 chemistry teachers in all the public secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone. No sampling was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire developed by the researchers. Also, the instrument was validated by three experts and the reliability of the instrument was obtained using Cronbach alpha reliability which gave a reliability index of 0.85. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while z-test was used in testing the hypothesis formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed the followings: it was revealed that most of the ICT tools are not available for teaching of chemistry in senior secondary schools. It was revealed that the extent of utilization of ICT tools among chemistry teachers is to a low extent, it was revealed that highly experienced teachers had a higher mean score than the less experienced teachers on utilization of ICT tools in senior secondary schools. While, highly qualified teachers had a higher mean score than the less qualified teachers on utilization of ICT tools in senior secondary schools and female teachers had a higher mean score than the male teachers on utilization of ICT tools in senior secondary schools. Based on the findings and conclusions, it was recommended among others that the government and ministry of education should make efforts to make ICT facilities available in every secondary school in the State and the available ICT facilities should be adequate for every chemistry students in order to ensure Hands- on learning.