THE EFFECTS OF ICT INTEGRATION IN KUMASI HIGH SCHOOLS, GHANA – TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Ebenezer Boahen Department of Science and ICT, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II College, Tetrem Ashanti, Ghana
  • Emmanuel Atuahene Department of Mathematics and ICT, Offinso College of Education, Offinso, Ashanti, Ghana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v7i12.3534

Keywords:

ICT integration, barriers, curriculum, functional computers, teaching and learning

Abstract

This work looks at the impact of ICT integration in Kumasi High Schools. The educational potential of information and communication technology (ICT) can be pragmatic in a diversity of ways. ICT is influencing education by changing the way of teaching and learning. Schools are making efforts to benefit from the potential power of ICT by integrating it into teaching and learning in their activities. This paper gives a meta-analysis of the literature that aims to present the supposed barriers to ICT integration in the school. The findings indicate that most of the teachers had a strong desire to integrate ICT into teaching and learning. ICT integration in schools has encountered several problems and challenges. External barriers related to access to ICT, environmental supports and teacher ICT literacy and internal barriers related to teacher cognition. When the external barriers are determined, the resolution regarding whether and how to use ICT rests on the shoulders of teachers. The study established that the availability of the ICT facilities is still inadequate in the schools for the students to use. Because of the limited number of functional computers in the computer laboratories, accessibility is timetabled and doesn’t help a smooth integration into the curriculum of teaching and learning. The study recommends that further research needs to be done to appraise the impact of ICT integration fully in teaching and learning in schools.

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Author Biographies

  • Ebenezer Boahen, Department of Science and ICT, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II College, Tetrem Ashanti, Ghana
    Ebenezer Boahen is an Integrated Science as well as Information and Communications Technology teacher in the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II College, Tetrem Ashanti, Ghana. He is a holder of Bed. Agricultural Science from the University of Education, Winneba and MSc. Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal University respectively. Ebenezer has taught High School students for several years.
  • Emmanuel Atuahene, Department of Mathematics and ICT, Offinso College of Education, Offinso, Ashanti, Ghana
    Emmanuel Atuahene obtained MSc Information Technology from the Sikkim Manipal University, India. He also holds other professional qualifications from different disciplines. He is a Tutor at the Offinso College of Education of Ghana in the Department of Mathematics and ICT. He has over 10 years of professional experience as a teacher, Academic Counsellor and researcher. He teaches IT/Computer-related courses and Information Literacy as well.

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2021-01-15

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Vol. 7 No. 12 (2020)

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