ASSESSMENT OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES FOR LEARNING IN KWARA STATE
BY
Hassan M.O.
Department of Mathematics
Kwara State College of Education (Technical), Lafiagi
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Isiaka K.S
Department of Mathematics
Kwara State College of Education , Ilorin
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Abstract
This paper investigated the pre-service teachers’ utilization of Information and Communication Technology resources for learning in Kwara State Colleges of education, the extents of use of ICT resources for learning based on gender and field of study.The research adopted the cross-sectional approach, 371 copies of the questionnaire were distributed and analyzed. Frequency count, percentage, t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used in analyzing the data obtained. The finding revealed that; pre-service teachers do not use ICT resources for their learning as expected, also female pre-service teachers utilized ICT resources for their learning than their male counterpart irrespective of their field of study. Based on the above finding, it was recommended that; the use of ICT resources should be embraced in and outside the classroom environment by the pre-service teachers, instructional facilitators and all stakeholders.
Keywords: Pre-service teachers, ICT, utilization, learning.