UTILIZATION OF ICT TO ENHANCE THE TEACHING OF VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS IN SCHOOLS IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

This study investigated strategies of utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the teaching of vocational subjects in secondary schools in Enugu State. Two research questions and four null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The population for the study was made up of all the 194 SSS two and three vocational subject teachers currently serving in the Science, Technical and Vocational schools in Enugu State. Among them are 38 male and 76 female teachers. The total population of 194 was used for the study. No sampling was done, because of the design adopted and the population is manageable. A self-structured questionnaire instrument was used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha reliability estimate was used to obtain reliability indices of .68, and .75, for clusters 1 and 2, respectively. The overall reliability index stood at .86 indicating that the instrument is highly reliable and suitable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using mean with standard deviation in order to answer the research questions. The null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at.05 level of significance. Based on the result of this study, the researchers concluded that: demonstration strategy to a great extent assist to improve the teaching of vocational subjects in secondary schools Enugu State. This is also supported by the fact that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female vocational teachers on the extent demonstration strategy assist in improving the teaching of vocational subjects in secondary schools Enugu State, but there is significant difference in the mean ratings of urban and rural vocational teachers on the extent demonstration strategy assist in improving the teaching of vocational subjects in secondary schools Enugu State. More so, discovery strategy to a great extent assists to improve the teaching of vocational subjects in secondary schools in Enugu State. This is also supported by the fact that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female vocational teachers on the extent discovery strategy assist in improving the teaching of vocational subjects in secondary schools Enugu State, there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of urban and rural vocational teachers on the extent discovery strategy assist in improving the teaching of vocational subjects in secondary schools Enugu State. The researcher recommended among others that; demonstration and discovery strategies should be highly emphasized and encouraged by the stake holders in education for schools in Enugu State