Attitude and competence level of Basic school teachers in the teaching of ICT in Cape Coast Metropolis

Abstract

The use of ICT is impacting on almost every facet of our daily activities. Educators and governments have therefore devoted huge resources to the provision of technology in the learning environment. Despite the increase in ICT tools in Ghana, many teachers do not use them in their teaching. The purpose of this study is to measure the attitude and competence level of basic school teachers in teaching ICT. The research design used is the descriptive survey design. Stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting 150 teachers and questionnaire was used as research instrument. Frequency tables, t-test, mean and standard deviation were computed by means of SPSS version 20.0. The study revealed that majority of the teachers have poor attitude towards the teaching of ICT. The findings indicated a close gap in ICT competencies between males and females. Also, there was no significant difference between male and female teachers in their ICT competence level. We recommend that teachers should be given the necessary training in ICT usage so that they become familiar with modern pedagogy using ICT.