Utilization of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Facilities in the Teaching of Social Studies in Nigerian Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study was a correlational type. It was carried out to examine the relationship between the availability of ICT
facilities in Social Studies and students’ achievement in Social Studies; the relationship between the utilization of ICT facilities in
Social Studies and students’ achievement in Social Studies. Also, it examined the relationship between the availability of ICT
facilities in Social Studies and utilization of ICT facilities in the teaching of Social Studies. A sample of 400 JSS 2 students was
drawn from two zones (Osun State and Ondo State) in Southwestern Nigeria through multi-stage sampling technique. Two
research instruments titled “Availability and Utilization of ICT facilities in Social Studies Inventory” (AUFSSI) and “Social Studies
Achievement Test” (SSAT) were constructed by the investigator. These instruments were validated before used with reliability
coefficients of 0.84 and 0.86 respectively. Three research hypotheses emanated from the study. The findings revealed that
there was no significant relationship between the availability of ICT facilities in Social Studies and students’ achievement in
Social Studies (r = –0.18); there was no significant relationship between the utilization of ICT facilities in teaching Social Studies
and students’ achievement in Social Studies (r = .083). Also, there was no significant relationship between the availability of ICT
facilities in Social Studies and utilization of ICT facilities in teaching Social Studies. Recommendations were made among
others: the need for secondary schools in Nigeria to be equipped with ICT facilities and that government should see it as a
matter of urgency to ensure that teachers are trained and re-trained from time to time in the use of ICT so that they can impart
the same to their students.