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Chapter 53
ABSTRACT
This study examined Kwara State secondary school science teachers’ perception of ICT for instruction
based on their area of specialization. Participants were 630 science teachers of Biology, Chemistry,
Physics and Mathematics from both public and private senior secondary schools in 12 Local Government
Areas in Kwara State. The data collected through questionnaires tagged Science Teachers Information and
Communication Technology Perception Questionnaire (STICOTEPQ) were analysed using frequency count,
mean, chi-square and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistics. Findings revealed that (i) the science teach-
ers’ perception of ICT was generally positively low and (ii) there was signifcant diference in the secondary
school science teachers’ perception of ICT for instruction based on their area of specialization{F(3,252)
= 50.323, p<0.05}with the Biology teachers having the highest level of perception while the Mathematics
teachers had the lowest perception. The implication of this study was that should the secondary school
science teachers remain at this level of perception of ICT for instruction, the probability that ICT will be
used for classroom instruction in Kwara State is very low. It was therefore recommended that ICT should
be fully integrated into science teacher education at the Colleges of Education and the Universities and
that Kwara State Government should formulate a programme of ICT training and retraining of teachers
currently in service as a way of improving their perception of the use of ICT for instruction.
Subject Specialization
and Science Teachers’
Perception of Information and
Communication Technology
for Instruction in Kwara State
Michael Ayodele Fakomogbon
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Rachael Funmi Adebayo
Landmark University, Nigeria
Mosiforeba Victoria Adegbija
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Ahmed Tajudeen Shittu
Al-Hikmah University, Nigeria
Oloyede Solomon Oyelekan
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7363-2.ch053