PERCEIVED TECHNOLOGY USE IN CLASSROOM INSRUCTIONS BY TECHNICAL TEACHERS IN NORTH-EAST NIGERIA

Sanusi Hassan, Babawuro Shu'aibu

Abstract


The study assessed the technical teachers’ perceived technology use in classroom instructions in institutions offering Nigeria Certificate in Education (Technical) in North-Eastern Nigeria. Two objectives and two research questions were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey design was employed; population was all the 173 technical teachers in the institutions offering Nigeria Certificate in Education (Technical) in North -Eastern Nigeria, a sample of 65 technical teachers was selected using stratified proportional random technique. The instrument Perceived Technology Use Questionnaire (PTUQ) was adapted and validated by two experts in the faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi and used for the collection of data. The reliability of the instrument was found to be 0.82. Mean and Standard Deviation statistics were used to analyze the data.   The finding shows that technical teachers perceived substantial benefits in using technology in classroom instructions. The findings show that there is a problem associated with technological self-efficacy hence among the technical teachers in institutions offering Nigeria Certificate in Education (Technical) in North-Eastern Nigeria. Based on these findings it is recommended that the institutions offering Nigeria Certificate Education (Technical) in north-eastern Nigeria should organized seminars and workshops that would help the teachers improve their capability toward the use of technology in their classroom instruction.


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