ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN TEACHING AND

LEARNING IN FACULTY OF EDUCATION, BAYERO
UNIVERSITY, KANO STATE

BY

ABUBAKAR UKASHATU
EDU/10/BAE/01870

BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
DEGREE IN EDUCATION (BSC ED).

JANUARY, 2015

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 APPROVAL PAGE

This project has been read and approved as meeting the requirement of the
Faculty of Education, Department of Education, Bayero University, Kano for
the award of Bachelor Degree of Science and Education, Bsc (Ed).

Abdullahi, Abubakar …...……………………………….

(Project Supervisor) Sign and Date

Prof. Talatu M. Garba ……………………………………

(Head of Department) Sign and Date

Prof. M. S. Kiyawa …..……………………………….

(Dean, Faculty of Education) Sign and Date

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 CERTIFICATION

We certify that, this project was prepared and written by us. We also certify that
this project has never been presented wholly or partly for the award of any
Degree.

Abubakar Ukashatu ……………………………

EDU/10/BAE/01870 Sign and Date

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 DEDICATION

This research study is dedicated to my children Aliyu Haidar (2012) and Fatima
Zahrah (2014), May God bless them. Ameen.

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
All praise and honour be to Almighty Allah for his infinite mercies, guidance,

protection, knowledge and wisdom given me in making this research work reality.

My heart-felt appreciation cannot be quantified to my project supervisor, Mallam

Abubakar Abdullahi (Phd in view). This study would not have seen the light of the day

without his patience and tolerance. His pieces of advice, guidance and scholastic contributions

are highly commendable. May God Almighty continue to guide and enrich him.

I sincerely appreciated the contributions of my project partners in persons of Bilkisu

Muh’d Umar (EDU/10/BAE/01871), BA ed Islamic Studies, Umma Magaji Suleiman

(EDU/10/BAE/01865), BA ed Hausa, Musa Tukur Mukhtar (EDU/10/BAE/01867), BA ed

Islamic Studies and Jessica Raymond (EDU/10/BAE/01833), Bsc ed Economics, whom with

their efforts the project became reality.

I am sincerely indebted to my wife Atika Abubakar Alkassim, for her patience

throughout the duration of the study (2011-2015). And my children will not be left out May

God bless them, give them long life in good health and wealth.

I must sincerely commend the effort, contribution and prayers of my mother Hajia

Hafsatu Ukashatu Aliyu, my step mother Hajia Aishatu Ukashatu Aliyu, my older brother

Mrpha Ukashatu Aliyu and Sani Ahmad and all my sisters and brothers in the family of Late

Ukashatu Aliyu, Rest in Perfect Peace, Amin.

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 Special thanks go to the teaming lecturers of the Faculty of Education, Department of

Education, BUK in person of my level coordinator, Nasir Saad, M. A. Kwankwaso, K. B.

Dungurawa (Phd), Binta Abba, B. A. Bello (Phd) and A. M. Lawal (Phd) and finally the HOD

Prof. Talatu M. Garba for their contributions. It is really appreciate.

I would not forget you my friends, Late Aliyu Mohd Lurai, Salim M. Aliyu, Umar

Mukhtar (Umariri), Hamza Ibrahim Panda and Bashir M. Salihu for your immense

contributions toward the success of this study. Thanks a lot.

My gratitude and appreciation will remain incomplete if the name of my employer,

Kano State Polytechnic is not mentioned. From their resources, I managed and financed the

study. May God continue to uplift it to be the best polytechnic in Nigeria.

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 ABSTRACT

The research study attempted to investigate the extent of application of ICT in

teaching and learning in Faculty of Education, Bayero University, Kano.
Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Four research questions were
stated to guide the study. Three departments were randomly selected from the
six departments in the Faculty. The population for the study was 122 lecturers,
and sample size was 59. A total of 56 copies of the questionnaires were properly
filled, returned, and used for the analysis. Mean and standard deviation were
used to analyze the data. Based on the findings, the study recommended that, the
FGN should make the development of lecturers’ ICT competencies a priority
and set targets when all long serving and newly qualified teachers are expected
to become ICT literate to mandatory standards, the universities should form a
consortium to purchase bandwidth, Lecturers should make their emails and
blogs available to students and colleagues for collecting information and
feedback and the Faculty Administration should collaborate in designing
instructional software to fit the lecturers and students needs.

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 TABLEOFCONTENTS

Title page…………………………………………………………… i
Approval Page…………………………………………………….. ii
Certification ……………………………………………………….. iii
Dedication………………………………………………………… iv
Acknowledgements………………………………………………… v
Abstract…………………………………………………………… vi
Table of Contents………………………………………………….. vii
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION

1. Background of the Study …………………………… 1

2. Statement of the Problem ……………………………… 6
3. Objective of the Study ………………………………… 7
4. Research Questions ………………………………....... 7
5. Significance of the Study ……………………………… 8
6. Scope of the Study …………………………………… 9
CHAPTERTWO
REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

1. Introduction …………………………………………. 10
2. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) … 10
3. Teaching and Learning Process……..………………… 11
4. ICT in Teaching and Learning ………………………... 13
5. Application of ICT in Lesson Preparation………… 15
6. Application of ICT in Instruction Delivery………… 17
7. Application of ICT in Individualized Learning……….... 19
8. Application of ICT in Evaluation of Learning ……… 20
9. Review of Related Empirical Studies ………………… 22

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 10.Summary and Uniqueness……………………… 30
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY

1. Introduction ……………………………………….. 32
2. Research Design …..……………………………… 32
3. Population and Sample of the Study …………… 32
4. Research Instrument ………………………… 34
5. Validation of Data Instrument ……………………… 35
6. Procedure of Data Collection ……………………… 36
7. Procedure of Data Analysis ………………………… 36
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

1. Introduction ……………………………………………… 37
2. Data Analysis ……………… ………………........... 37
3. Findings of the Study ……………………………….. 41
1. Discussion of Findings ……………………… 42
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Introduction ………………………………………….. 46
2. Summary………………………………………… 46
3. Conclusion……………………………………… 47
4. Recommendation ……………………………… 47
5. Recommendations for Further Studies ………………. 48
References ………………………………………………… 50
Appendix ………………………………………………… 54
Appendix II ……………………………………………… 56

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