INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TRAINING NEEDS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS AS PERCEIVED BY EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the Information and Communication Technology training needs of secondary school mathematics teachers as perceived by educational administrators in Enugu state. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. One research question and one hypothesis guided the study. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 465 respondents consisting of 155 and 310 educational administrators in rural and urban secondary schools respectively. Instrument used for data collection was an inventory titled Mathematics Teachers’ ICT Training Needs Inventory (MATICTTNI).  It was validated by three research experts. Mean with standard deviation were used to answer the research question while z-test statistic was used to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. Major findings of the study revealed that ICT training needs of secondary school mathematics teachers in Enugu state include proficiency in; word processors, utility packages, presentation packages, computer spreadsheets, programming languages, web browsers, virtual reality applications, Wide Area Networks (WAN), Local Area Networks (LAN), system security applications, system profilers, scientific visualization application, computer-aided instruction, data base management systems, computer graphics, digital art softwares, info graphics, computer-aided design, information visualization application and software development applications. It was recommended among other things that educational administrators should foremost identify training needs of mathematics teachers in particular and entire staff generally.