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| Perceived Role and Information and Communication Technology Use in the Professional Practice of Education for young Children in Lagos State
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OYEDAPO, Philip Ibukun, HASSAN, Quadril Olatokunbo, OGUNMADE, Sunday Adetayo
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Abstract:
The study looked into perceived role use of information and communication technologies in the professional practice of instruction for young children in Lagos State. The participant this study are caregivers in public education for young children centres in two local government areas in the state of Lagos. The study's sample consists of 200 caregivers in education for young children centre from two Local Government Education Authority Lagos State. Simple random technique was use to select the respondents with teaching background regardless of gender, age, teaching experience and academic qualification. Two instruments were designed for the research title "Teachers' Perception on Information Communication Technology Use Questionnaire (TPOICTUQ) and Rating Scale on 'Teachers' Utilization of EKOEXCEL devices scale (TUoEDS). The Cronbach Alpha and Split half of reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instruments and a co-efficient value of r= 0.88 and 0.77 were obtained. Finding shows that there is a significant negative relationship between early childhood teachers' qualifications and utilization of EkoEXCEL device. The study recommended that government should give caregivers opportunities to actively engage in dialogue to explore and articulate their pedagogical approach to EKOEXCEL device in education for young children.
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