Teacher Trainers’ Attitudes and Levels of ICT Use in Government Teacher Training Colleges in the North West Region
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https://doi.org/10.5281/Keywords:
Teacher Trainer, attitudes, ICT, Level of Use, teacher training collegeAbstract
This study examined the relationship between teacher trainers’ attitudes and their levels of use of ICTs in Government Teacher Training Colleges (GTTCs) in the North West Region of Cameroon. The cross-sectional survey research design was adopted, using a 33-item self-designed questionnaire to collect data from 162 teacher trainers of seven GTTCs. The purposive and proportionate simple random sampling techniques were adopted to select participants for this study. Data were analysed using SPSS 20.0. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation tables were used for descriptive analysis while Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and T-Test were used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings indicated that teacher trainers demonstrate a positive attitude towards the use of ICTs in teaching given that a higher average of 120.3(74.3%) and 43(26.5%) of the respondents agreed and strongly agreed that integrating ICTs enhanced pedagogic processes. It also revealed that there is no significant difference in the level of use of ICT based on gender (t=0.21). Finally, findings indicated that there is a significant relationship between teacher trainer’s attitude and their level of ICT use for pedagogic purpose (r=.612). From the findings, it was recommended that the use of ICTs for educational purposes should be given greater consideration than it currently receives. Teacher trainers should be effectively trained on the integration of ICTs in teaching during pre-service training and through seminars for those already in service to enable them develop positive attitudes towards the use of ICTs in teaching. ICT devices and related infrastructure should also be provided in teacher training colleges to ease the task of usage.
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