scholarly journals Tendency of ICT Usage among Adolescent in Oredo Local Govenrment Primary Schools, Benin City, Edo State-Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Maxwell Scale Uwadia Osagie ◽  
Osamwonyi Glory ◽  
Okoawo Bridget Obehi ◽  
Ikediashi A. John ◽  
Ekhator Joseph Osarenkhoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Benin City ◽  
Holistic Review ◽  
Edo State

The viability of a society depends largely on the learning outcome of its teenagers. Raising them can be challenging because modern society is embolden with information communication technology (ICT) that do not only isolate them from peers but create mental disorder in them. ICT is not an isolated entity rather an embodiment of deferent technologies that act as an entity to delivering and channeling information. To ascertain it tendency in primary school and its impact on adolescent, this paper reviewed the concept of ICT and carried out a survey on its usage among adolescent. The survey questionnaire was structured on five points scale and the feedbacks from hundred respondents were analyzed with Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). From the findings, it was showed that the tendency of ICT by both private and government primary school is indeed poor and its impact on adolescent is on the downward trend. The study offered some recommendations including the need for government to carry out a holistic review of the primary schools curriculum so as to accommodate ICT usage.

DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL LITERACY PROJECT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN BARINGO COUNTY, KENYA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-117
Author(s):  
Florence Sutter ◽  
Dr. Allan Kihara
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
National Union ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Upper Echelons Theory

Purpose: The study aimed at finding out the determinants of successful implementation of digital literacy project in public primary schools in Baringo County in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the effect of school leadership, information communication technology teacher competence, and teacher workload and information communication technology infrastructure. The study was founded on Technology Acceptance Theory, Resource Based Theory, Upper Echelons Theory and the Technology, Organization and Environment Model theories. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Methodology: The study targeted 612 stakeholders in the implementation of the Digital Literacy Project in public schools including the Ministry of education Science and Technology representative who is the Sub county Directors, the TSC Sub County Directors, curriculum support officers in the County, the Kenya Institute of Special Education Sub County coordinators, the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association Sub County coordinators, the Kenya National Union of Teachers Sub County coordinators  and the  head teachers of the public primary schools in Baringo county. Yamane formula was used to determine a sample size of 150 respondents. Structured questionnaire presented in likert scale were used in collecting primary data. Descriptive statistics such as percentages, mean and frequency was used to analyze the collected data. The study also used inferential statistics such as correlation and regression. Results: The study found that school leader of technology encourage use of technology in teaching and learning and help teachers establish goals to implementation of technology in achieving their instructional strategies and that school leader’s interest; their commitment and championing implementation of ICT programs in schools positively influenced the whole process. The study concluded that school leadership had the greatest influence on implementation of digital literacy project in public primary schools in Baringo County in Kenya in Kenya followed by ICT infrastructure, then teachers ICT competence while teachers’ workload had the least influence on the implementation of digital literacy project in public primary schools in Baringo County in Kenya.Contribution to policy and practice: The study recommends that the school leaders should increase their compliance with the various policies so as to ensure more effective integration of learning and teaching in primary schools and that school administration and stakeholders in education needs to be more supportive towards implementation of ICT programs.

Relevance of Max Weber’s Rational Bureaucratic Organizations in Modern Society

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Sanket Sunand Dash ◽  
Mousumi Padhi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Dominant Form ◽  
Rational Character ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Cross National ◽  
Bureaucratic Organizations

Despite evolution of management thought, Max Weber’s theory of bureaucracy continues to be a classical theory whose prescriptive elements guide the nature of organizations and their structures and processes. In the wake of information, communication and technological revolution which is reshaping the structure and processes in modern day organizations, the paper re-examines the basic premises and constructs of Max Weber’s rational bureaucratic organizations and their relevance today. Weber’s contribution to social sciences in general and organization studies in particular, is both methodological as well as empirical. The paper discusses the context in which Max Weber originally propounded his theory. In so doing, the paper also draws similarities of his theory with that proposed by other management thinkers of his time. Few examples of modern-day organizations and also different cross-national contexts are examined to discuss the present-day relevance of Weber’s postulates. It is suggested that despite the ever-present portents of its demise, bureaucracy will continue to guide the dominant form of organizations in the near future because of its inherent rational character.

scholarly journals Primary School Teachers Perceptions Regarding ICT Usage And Equipment In Kuwait

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Ghazwa Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
High Quality Education ◽  
Ict Training ◽  
The Impact

Education institutions around the world have seen rapid advances in ICT (Information Communication Technology) within the classroom since the mid 90s. Kuwait has realized the need for a high quality education system, and has seen huge increases in government funding for schools over the last 10 years. However, Kuwaits spending on technology and ICT has attracted little research regarding the impact it has had on students and teachers. For this reason, this study aimed to discover how useful ICT is within classes in Kuwait. The research used qualitative research to focus on 14 teachers from three different primary schools in Kuwait. The study focused on the amount of ICT that is used within Kuwaiti schools and the quality of ICT training provided for teachers. The study found that teachers lacked sufficient training in ICT usage as a teaching aid. Findings also revealed that programs provided by the primary schools in Kuwait were too basic and that further investment is required

scholarly journals School Environment and Methods of Teaching as Correlates of Language Skills Achievement of Pre–Primary School Pupils in Edo State Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Jummai MUSA ◽  
Adeyemi Abiodun ADEYINKA
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Location ◽  
Montessori Method ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Primary School Pupils

The study investigated the effects of school environment and methods of teaching on language skills achievement of pre – primary school pupils in Edo State. It also investigated the interaction effects of Montessori and played methods and urban and rural environments on pupils' achievement in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Three urban and three rural areas which were selected from two Local Government Areas (LGAs) were used for the study. Six pre - primary schools were purposively selected for the study. A total of 228 kindergartens 2 pupils intact classes were used for the study which lasted for eight weeks. The study was a pretest, posttest, quasi- experimental control group design with independent variables as methods and school location while achievement in Language Skills Achievement Test (LSAT) was the dependent variable. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to analyze the data obtained while the Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA) was used as post-hoc test for further significance. Three research questions were answered with three hypotheses, tested at 0.05 level of significance. Results showed that the Montessori Method of teaching pre –primary pupils was more effective than the play method. Similarly, urban school pupils achieved higher than their rural counterparts. There was also a significant interaction effect of methods and school location on pupils' academic achievement in Language skills. It was therefore recommended that the Nigerian Government should adopt the Montessori Method as a dominant method of teaching pre – primary school pupils and that pre – primary school owners should provide materials adequately for teaching and learning.

scholarly journals The Development of Learning Evaluation Management in Utilizing ICT Systems in Primary School Around Banda Aceh City

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-246
Author(s):  
Hazal Fitri ◽  
Irfandi Irfandi ◽  
Murniati Murniati ◽  
Nasir Usman
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
School Level ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Learning Evaluation ◽  
Ict System ◽  
Banda Aceh

This research study aims to design the development of a suitable learning evaluation management model in the utilizing of the Banda Aceh Primary School Information Communication Technology (ICT) system, to develop what learning evaluation management model is suitable for utilizing Information Communication Technology (ICT) systems level of Primary School in Banda Aceh City. Then aims to improve the performance of the development of learning evaluation management models in the utilization of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) system at the Primary School level in Banda Aceh, providing a place for relatively new developing lecturers/ research groups in research capabilities to be able to utilize the facilities and expertise, and adopt and imitate a good research culture from a group of researchers who are more advanced in other universities in carrying out quality research. The program also aims to build research collaboration between universities in Indonesia. The method used in this research is development research (research and development version of Borg and Gall, 1983). The expected benefits in this research study are that all teachers who teach at the elementary school level can use / utilize the Information Communication Technology (ICT) system in the learning process, this is to improve the quality of education at that level. 

scholarly journals Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in primary school playgrounds in Edo State, southern Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-295
Author(s):  
C. Isaac ◽  
P. N. Turay ◽  
C. U. Inegbenosun ◽  
S. A. Ezekiel ◽  
H. O. Adamu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Soil Transmitted Helminths ◽  
Poor State ◽  
School Playgrounds ◽  
Southern Nigeria ◽  
Edo State

SummarySchoolchildren in primary schools are mostly at risk of acquiring soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infections due to their habits (geophagy, onychophagy and playing with barefoot). Profiling soil parasites on school playgrounds is expected to provide an insight to an array of parasites schoolchildren are constantly at risk of acquiring; and this information could guide on intervention programmes. Soil samples from sixteen primary school playgrounds in Edo State (South-South, Nigeria) were collected over a six-month period both in the dry (January, February and March) and wet (May, June and July) seasons in 2018 and early 2019. Samples were processed and analysed following standard parasitological procedures. Of the 576 soil samples collected, 318(55.2 %) were positive with one or more soil parasites. Generally, the predominant parasites recovered from the total number of soil samples collected were: Ascaris 127(22 %), Strongyloides 111(19.27 %) and hookworm 50(8.68 %). Ascaris was most preponderant in the dry season, while Strongyloides was the most occurring in the wet season. The mean differences in the parasite load for Ascaris and hookworm between dry and wet seasons were not significant; while for Strongyloides it was higher in the wet than dry season. These results could be a consequence of observed poor state of toilet/sanitary facilities as well as the lack or poor state of basic infrastructure like proper drainage and waste disposal systems in the host communities. There is therefore urgent need to interrupt the STHs transmission cycles in the environment and possibly in schoolchildren by instituting sustainable intervention programmes within schools located in STHs endemic regions like southern Nigeria.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Information Communication Technology and Adoption of Improved Cassava Technologies in Edo State, Nigeria

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-285
Author(s):  
M.I. Olumese ◽  
P. Imarhiagbe ◽  
S. Imafidon
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Radio Channel ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Edo State

This study assessed the relationship between information communication technology and adoption of improved cassava technologies in Edo State. Data for the study were obtained by use of questionnaire. Multistage random sampling technique was employed to select 270 respondents. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. The result revealed that the mean age of respondents was 50years, mean family size was 8 and mean farm size was 3.5ha. Radio was the most readily available (80%), accessible (78%) and used (79%) mass media channel by respondents. This was followed by television channel with score (63%) for availability, accessibility (58%) by respondents and used (56%) by respondents. Other channels which include newspapers, mobile cinema/rural outdoor broadcast, extension guide/leaflets scored poorly. With radio channel whose (coefficient 0.20) was more effective in awareness creation, while television whose (coefficient 0.168) was more effective in persuading farmers to adopt new ideas. A radio/television broadcast time of 6.00pm-8.00pm and broadcast duration of 30minutes was termed ideal by respondents. Use of radio, television (5% significance level) had a significant relationship with respondents’ awareness of technologies. Also there was a significant relationship between availability, accessibility and use of channels and respondents’ adoption of improved agricultural technologies. Consequently, it was recommended that ADPs should intensify the extensive and intensive usage of radio and television media in promoting awareness and adoption of agricultural technologies among farmers in Edo State, Nigeria.Keywords: ICT Channels, Adoption, Improved Cassava Technologies

scholarly journals Influence of Use of Learning Strategies in Information Communication Technology on Standard Seven Pupils’ Academic Self-Concept in Bungoma County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Fred Juma Wakasiaka ◽  
Chrispus Wawire ◽  
Edward Kigen
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Information Communication

Despite introduction of Information Communication Technology in schools by Government of Kenya, minimal research has been done on influence of learning strategies in information communication technology use on academic self-concept of pupils. Poor trends in academic achievement are associated with pupils’ low academic self-concept as an outcome of continued use of traditional learning strategies. The purpose of the present study was therefore to investigate the influence of learning strategies in the use of information communication technology on pupils’ academic self-concept. Multimedia Learning Theory, Collaborative Learning Theory and the Self Theory of Personality Development formed the theoretical framework of the study. A causal comparative ex post facto research design was used. The study employed mixed methods research by integrating qualitative and quantitative research. The study was done in Bungoma County. The target population was Standard Seven pupils in public primary schools in Bungoma County. A sample of 375 pupils was involved. Purposive sampling was used to select schools with computer program as treatment group and simple random sampling for schools using traditional learning strategies as comparison group. Independent and dependent variables were learning strategies and academic self-concept respectively. Data was collected through an adapted questionnaire with Academic Self-concept Scale and Learning Strategy Rating Scale for learning strategies. Oral interviews and non-participant overt observations were used to collect qualitative data from pupils and teachers who handled learners in the laptop computer programs. The reliability and validity of the instruments was established through a pilot study in 2 sampled schools which were not included in the main study. Data management and analysis was done using both inferential and descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences program. Pearson product moment correlation and t-test were used for inferential statistics. Results showed that significant differences in academic self-concept existed between pupils using traditional learning strategies and those using learning strategies in the use of ICT (t = 3.990, df = 238, p< 0.05), (t= 4.256, df = 238, p< 0.05) and (t= 2.014 df=251, p<0.05). Apart from Individual Learning Strategy in the use of computer, Child-to-Child and Child-teacher learning strategies were found to have significant relationships with academic self-concept [r(186)= 0.300, 0.275 and 0.311, p< 0.05]. Recommendations for adoption of learning strategies in information communication technology use in classroom teaching and learning, policy development in education and curriculum development were made. Further research using pre-test and post-test experimental design with control group using samples at other levels of education and on individual subject academic self-concept was recommended.

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