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Effect of Teachers’ Gender on Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Facilities in Secondary Schools in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

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• Volume 6,Issue 1,Jan.,2019

Year:

2019

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Gender, ICT Use in Schools, Teachers Perceptions, Bayelsa State

Authors:

• ODUAL, NIZOLOMAN NABHEL

Journal:

IJIRES

Volume:

6

Number:

1

Pages:

121-129

Month:

January

ISSN:

2349-5219

BibTex:

@article{1486, author = "NIZOLOMAN NABHEL ODUAL", abstract = "This research employed a mixed method approach to explore teachers’ perception towards ICT use in the classroom in Secondary Schools in Bayelsa State in Nigeria and the implications of teachers’ gender on teachers’ perceptions. Twenty participants participated in the FGDs held in 3 groups and 442 teachers from schools with and without ICT facilities responded to questionnaires. The Mann-Whitney U test was performed on the teachers’ responses and the results showed that there was a gender difference between male and female teachers’ perceptions about ICT in schools in favour of male teachers having more positive perceptions in all the 16 items. This implied that teachers’ perception of ICT use in schools was influenced by teachers’ gender", issn = "23495219", journal = "IJIRES", keywords = "Gender, ICT Use in Schools, Teachers Perceptions, Bayelsa State", month = "January", number = "1", pages = "121-129", title = "{E}ffect of {T}eachers’ {G}ender on {T}eachers’ {P}erceptions {T}owards {I}nformation and {C}ommunication {T}echnology ({ICT}) {F}acilities in {S}econdary {S}chools in {B}ayelsa {S}tate, {N}ig", volume = "6", year = "2019", }

Abstract:

This research employed a mixed method approach to explore teachers’ perception towards ICT use in the classroom in Secondary Schools in Bayelsa State in Nigeria and the implications of teachers’ gender on teachers’ perceptions. Twenty participants participated in the FGDs held in 3 groups and 442 teachers from schools with and without ICT facilities responded to questionnaires. The Mann-Whitney U test was performed on the teachers’ responses and the results showed that there was a gender difference between male and female teachers’ perceptions about ICT in schools in favour of male teachers having more positive perceptions in all the 16 items. This implied that teachers’ perception of ICT use in schools was influenced by teachers’ gender

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