PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS ON THE USE OF ICT IN THE TEACHING OF HISTORY AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN
Keywords:
Perception of teachers, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Use of ICT, Teaching of historyAbstract
This study was carried out to investigate the perception of History teachers on the use of ICT in the teaching of History in senior secondary schools, Ilorin. The study sought for the opinion of forty-four (44) teachers in Ilorin. A questionnaire was used for data collection, while the data collected were analysed using mean and rank order to answer research questions that were raised and independent t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses postulated for this study at 0.05 level of significance. The result obtained from this study showed that the use of ICT facilities enhanced effective annd efficient teaching of History as perceived by Secondary School History teachers in Ilorin and no discrepancy existed in their perceptions regardless of their gender, qualifications and teaching experience. It was therefore recommended among others, that teachers should teach with the use of ICT facilities so as not to only make the teaching of History more effective but also interesting to the learners; Government should also ensure that schools are adequately equipped with ICT facilities in order to foster the teaching of History.
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