Abstract:
This study investigated the challenges of ICT integration in the teaching and learning
of science in public senior high schools in the Akuapem North Municipality. The
study was guided by four objectives: to determine the availability of ICT
infrastructure in public senior high schools in the teaching of science, to determine
ICT skills level of Science teachers, to establish the frequency of ICT use in the
teaching of science and to identify strategies used by senior high schools to promote
ICT use in the teaching of science in the Akuapem North Municipality. The study
adopted the descriptive survey design where qualitative and quantitative data were
collected. Using simple random sampling techniques, the researcher sampled four
schools, four headmasters, twenty science teachers and eighty science students. Data
collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and were tabulated. The findings
established that majority of science teachers had not acquired the requisite ICT skills
and knowledge which limited their ability to integrate ICT into their lessons. On the
frequency of the use of ICT in delivering lessons, it was found that Science teachers
rarely used ICT to deliver their lessons. The study also found out that schools had
strategies to improve ICT integration especially through in-service training of their
Science teachers, building and equipping of Science laboratories and purchasing of
more ICT equipment. The recommendations from this study were that the Boards of
Management of the sampled schools should include ICT infrastructure in their
strategic plans. The study concluded that ICT infrastructure in the selected schools
influenced ICT integration and that schools that had well-established infrastructure
utilized ICT application in their Science lessons.
Description:
A DISSERTATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN
PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SCIENCE.
DECEMBER, 2016