Challenges To Information And Communications Technology Utilization In The Teaching And Learning Of Business Education In Colleges Of Education In South East Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to determine challenges to information and communications technology utilization in teaching-learning of business education in colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria. Five research questions and five null hypotheses guided the study. The research adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study was 202 Business Education lecturers in the Federal, State and Private Colleges of Education in the South-East, Nigeria. There was no sampling because the population for the study was manageable. Thus, the entire population was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on Challenges to ICT Utilization in Business Education” (QCICTUBEC). The instrument was validated by three experts, two in business education and one in measurement and evaluation. The reliability of the research instrument was obtained using Cronbach Alpha  Reliability coefficients obtained for research questions 1-5 was .98, .96, .91, .96, and .89, respectively. The overall reliability index for the instrument was .83. 194 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed using mean with standard deviation for the research questions and analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results obtained indicated that lecturer related challenges, facilities related challenges, ergonomics-related challenges, Internet connectivity related challenges and power supply related challenges posed challenges to ICT utilization in the teaching and learning of business education colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria. Thus, it was recommended that in-service training programme such as seminars, ICT facilities, learning spaces, internet connectivity and adequate power supply should be provided to lecturers in business education for effective teaching and learning and to enhance the preparation of Business Education students in order to make them relevant in the world of work.