Abstract: Generally, it is agreed that information and communication technology (ICT) promotes easier planning and preparation of lessons; helps teachers to have access to up-to-date learners and school data anytime and anywhere. This is especially significant in this Covid era where hybrid education is being promoted. Therefore, this study investigated the knowledge of basic school teachers in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the use of ICT for lesson preparation and delivery. One hundred and two (102) out of five hundred and ten (510) basic school teachers were sampled using the simple random sampling technique for the study. A questionnaire and an observation checklist were used to collect data from the teachers. Data were coded into the IBM-SPSS version 21 to generate descriptive statistics (frequency counts and percentages) for the analyses. Findings from the study revealed that 92.2% of basic school teachers in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality agreed that ICT is a diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate and to create, disseminate, store and manage information. The basic school teachers were of the view that the use of ICT in lesson delivery comes with lots of benefits to their classroom instructional practices. The findings further revealed that basic school teachers in the municipality have basic knowledge in ICT use but do not use this knowledge in their lesson delivery due to factors such as constant changes in technology, cost of ICT tools, limited time allocation for ICT lessons in the schools, technical nature of ICT, lack of ICT laboratories, and network facilities in schools for teachers and students. The study recommended that more time should be allocated for the teaching of ICT in basic schools and also, basic school teachers should be given constant ICT training through workshops and refresher courses to boost their competencies in using ICT in their lesson preparation and classroom instructional practices.
Keywords: Teachers Knowledge, Information and Communication Technology, Lesson Preparation, Lesson Delivery.
Title: ASSESSING TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE IN ICT USAGE FOR LESSON PREPARATION AND DELIVERY IN THE KASSENA-NANKANA MUNICIPALITY
Author: Addah Jonathan Walter, Yakubu Wasila, Harrison Edward Ahali
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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