Competencies Needed by Automobile Technology Teachers towards the Development of ICT for Teaching-Learning Purposes

Abstract

The study determines the competencies needed by automobile technology teachers towards the development of ICT for teaching-learning purposes. Specifically, this study identifies the ICT competencies needed by automobile technology teachers in computer appreciation, word processing, PowerPoint presentation, data processing, computer aided design (CAD) and the use of the internet. Six research questions and null hypotheses guided the study. The survey research design was used. The population for the study consisted of twenty-four technical college teachers in Niger State, Nigeria. Fifty-three structured questionnaire items were used as instruments to collect data from the respondents. Data obtained were analyzed using mean, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe’s test . The findings of the study showed that fifty-three ICT competencies were needed by the automobile technology teachers towards the development of ICT for effective teaching-learning purposes in the technical colleges. In other to assist in the integration and utilization ICTs in education, it seems to suggest that teachers in higher institutions of learning should be retrained.