Information technology challenge in teaching senior high school graphic design in Cape Coast metropolis

Abstract

The use of information technologies in the field of graphic design, an important discipline in visual arts, contributes to rendering abstract phenomena and concepts concrete, thereby increasing senior high school education students’ interest in visual art education (Heinscad & Boadiwah, 2020). The main purpose of this study is to examine the information technology challenges in teaching graphic design at senior high schools in the Cape Coast metropolitan area. The survey included 113 graphic design instructors from 11 different senior high schools in Cape Coast municipality. The research data were analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques. According to the findings, the use of information technology in teaching graphic design courses in senior high schools is restricted. poor usage of information technologies was ascribed by graphic design instructors to a lack of technical infrastructure, poor teaching skills, and inaccessibility to this technological infrastructure in some of the institutions having this sort of infrastructure. The researcher concluded that teachers should be given enough training regarding how to use IT applications such as programming software, interactive whiteboards, multimedia authoring programs, drill/practice programs, animation applications etc. at the teacher preparation school. The researcher recommended that government bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and parent organizations, among many others, must work together to establish information technology resources and provide institutions with appropriate current technology to stimulate IT incorporation in all senior high schools.