Skills Possessed and Needed in Universities in Nigeria for the Application of Information Communications Technology (ICT) in Teaching in Science Education

Abstract

This paper is focused on a study on science students’ teacher education programmes and practices in universities in south eastern states of Nigeria. a sample of 300 respondents composed of 40 Science Education Students and 20 Lecturers in each Department of each of the five Federal and State owned Universities in the South Eastern States were used. A total of 40 questionnaire items arranged in four clusters: Cluster A addressed extent of university’s readiness to use ICT in teaching and learning; Cluster B centered on Extent of readiness of Lecturers and Students respectively to embrace ICT in teaching; C is the degree of knowledge of Lecturers and Students of different parts of computer; D is the extent of familiarity of Lectures and Students with ICT tools and their applications and E focused on the problems hindering the use of ICT in teaching and learning in each university