The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana
The use of information technologies in the field of geography, an important discipline in social sciences, contributes to rendering abstract phenomena and concepts concrete, thereby increasing high school education students’ interest in geographic education. This study evaluated the extent to which...
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| description | The use of information technologies in the field of geography, an important discipline in social sciences, contributes to rendering abstract phenomena and concepts concrete, thereby increasing high school education students’ interest in geographic education. This study evaluated the extent to which information technologies has been diffused in high school geography lessons in a metropolitan area in Ghana, by focusing on geography teachers use of information technologies in teaching. In all, 40 geography teachers from 15 selected senior high schools in the metropolis were used for the study. Numerical analysis and descriptive analysis techniques were used in the analysis of the research data. Results indicated that the use of information technologies in teaching geography lessons in senior high schools was limited. The geography teachers attributed the inadequate use of information technologies to insufficient equipment, insufficient skills on the part of teachers, and inaccessibility to the available equipment. The research further indicated that teachers did not receive adequate training in the use of information technologies in their teacher preparation institutions and therefore, lacked the needed skills and were reluctant to use technology in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23d9e6438ae5496f8247a71adbe0d5552022-12-22T02:31:31ZengUniversity of Arizona LibrariesIssues and Trends in Learning Technologies2693-09002018-04-016110.2458/azu_itet_v6i1_antwiThe Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in GhanaAbednego Bansah0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4674-0728Samuel AntwiTeresa Franklin1University of Cape CoastDepartment of Educational Studies The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701The use of information technologies in the field of geography, an important discipline in social sciences, contributes to rendering abstract phenomena and concepts concrete, thereby increasing high school education students’ interest in geographic education. This study evaluated the extent to which information technologies has been diffused in high school geography lessons in a metropolitan area in Ghana, by focusing on geography teachers use of information technologies in teaching. In all, 40 geography teachers from 15 selected senior high schools in the metropolis were used for the study. Numerical analysis and descriptive analysis techniques were used in the analysis of the research data. Results indicated that the use of information technologies in teaching geography lessons in senior high schools was limited. The geography teachers attributed the inadequate use of information technologies to insufficient equipment, insufficient skills on the part of teachers, and inaccessibility to the available equipment. The research further indicated that teachers did not receive adequate training in the use of information technologies in their teacher preparation institutions and therefore, lacked the needed skills and were reluctant to use technology in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning.http://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/itlt/article/id/1506/TeachingTeacher TrainingTechnologyTechnology SupportGeography |
| spellingShingle | Abednego Bansah Samuel Antwi Teresa Franklin The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana Issues and Trends in Learning Technologies Teaching Teacher Training Technology Technology Support Geography |
| title | The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana |
| title_full | The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana |
| title_short | The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana |
| title_sort | information technology challenge in teaching senior high school geography in ghana |
| topic | Teaching Teacher Training Technology Technology Support Geography |
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