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Teacher Education, Information and Communication Technology: Prospects and Challenges of E-Teaching Profession in Nigeria

American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Title Teacher Education, Information and Communication Technology: Prospects and Challenges of E-Teaching Profession in Nigeria
 
Creator Owolabi, Thomas Olabode; Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti, Nigeria
Oyewole, Babatope Kolade; Department of Educational Foundations & Management, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti, Nigeria
Oke, Jonathan O.; Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti, Nigeria
 
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Information and communication technology, teaching profession, e-teaching, teacher education, development.
 
Description Teachers are indispensable within the teaching – learning process. Hence, they constitute a major input in the accomplishment of educational goals and objectives in all nations. In Nigeria, teacher education has been bedeviled with a lot of challenges in the modern day technology of imparting knowledge in the teaching and learning process. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is relatively a very new development in Nigerian educational system. ICT plays a significant role in teacher education. Hence, the objective of this paper is to discuss the prospects of ICT in teacher education as well as its challenges in E-teaching profession in Nigeria. The findings via descriptive research revealed that many teachers in Nigeria are not using ICT facilities in teaching learning process due to some challenges which include high exorbitant price of ICT facilities, lack of infrastructures in the areas of electricity supply, lack of adequate trained manpower for the development, maintenance and operation of ICT facilities, lack of commitment on the part of government towards the development of ICT, inadequate funding of internet connectivity and lukewarm attitude of many teachers to be computer literate among others. This paper proffers some probable ways of improving ICT in teacher education in Nigeria. It concludes that the importance of ICT in teacher education to improve the quality of teaching and learning process in schools cannot be over-emphasized.
 
Publisher World Scholars
 
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Date 2013-05-30
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://wscholars.com/index.php/ajhss/article/view/314
10.11634/232907811503314
 
Source American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences; Vol 1, No 2 (2013); 87-91
 
Language en
 
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