ICT Compliance: Towards Professional Development in Teaching English Language in Ekiti State Primary Schools, Nigeria
College of Education, Ikere – Ekiti, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Language in Public Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The Cluster Impact Survey research design was used in this study. Also, a Needs-based Interactive Session comprising a minimum of ten (10) schools and five (5) teachers per cluster were mentored and observed by professional educators for thirteen weeks. As a pre-survey, questionnaires were administered on two hundred and fifty teachers from five cluster centers. The instruments for the research comprised Classroom Lesson Observation Checklist (CLOC) and Cluster Lesson Observation List (CLOL). Results from the findings revealed tha aboutt 89.5% of the participants were basically deficient in the operations and applications of ICT in the teaching and learning environment.
KEYWORDS
ICT, Professional Development, Teaching, English Language, Primary Schools