Integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teacher Education for Capacity Building.

Abstract

Education is the key that unlocks the development of any nation but Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration into teacher education is the key to equipping and producing professional development backing for teachers. This necessitates the inclusion of ICT in the National Policy on Education (NPE, 2004). Meaning that with the integration of ICT in teacher education, Nigeria, will be able to produce the human resources that will build her economy as to measure up with other developed nations. The onus of this paper therefore, is to discuss the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teacher education for capacity building. Areas of concern are integration of ICT in teacher education for capacity building, modalities for ICT integration, challenges of ICT in teacher education, and approaches to ICT integration. The paper concludes and recommends that to build human resources that will build the nation, ICT must be integrated into teacher education and ICT education should be a compulsory subject or course for all students in teacher training institutions.