Teachers’ Attitude towards Integration of Information and Communication Technology and its Influence on Students’ Performance in Gezawa, Nigeria

Abstract

Many countries around the world have fully integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into their educational systems. The expansion of ICT use in educational settings has sparked a rush of research work examining the link between ICT and academic performance. In Nigeria's education sector, ICT is integrated in secondary school’s syllabus. However, their use in teaching and learning has remained sporadic. This paper sought to determine teachers’ attitude towards integration of ICT in teaching and learning and their influence on students’ performance. The hypothesis tested was there is no significant relationship between teachers’ attitude towards integration of ICT in teaching and learning and students’ performance. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) by Venkatesh, Davis, and Morris (2003) were used to guide the study. The sample size consisted of 152 teachers from 16 schools. Questionnaires for teachers and document analysis for students were used to collect data in this study. Descriptive statistics included frequency counts, percentages, means and standard deviation, whereas inferential statistics involved Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient, factor and multiple regression analysis. The results of the study revealed a weak positive relationship (r=.178, p<.05) between teacher’s attitude towards ICT integration and student’s performance, although it is weak, the relationship was significant at .05. It can be concluded that teachers’ attitude on ICT integration were positive for students’ performance. It is recommended that ICT awareness and integration strategies should be prioritized by school managers to arouse and maintain positive staffs’ attitudes and ensure utilization of available resources as they were significant for students’ performance. This would help secondary schools in their long-term, continuous efforts for the integration of ICT and its improvement thereby raising students’ performance.