INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN NIGERIA

This investigates on the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool for teaching, learning and research that is dramatically changing the landscape of educational development globally. The ICT in the educational sector divulge a plethora of opportunities for different categories of educators to integrate ICTs their service delivery of teaching, learning and research. However, plenty of literatures suggest that do existed significant resistance to the technology some among teachers in Nigeria especially at secondary school. This becomes a deterring factor for successful integration of ICTs in such schools in Nigeria in general. The paper uses modified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to ascertain the level of ICT acceptance in teaching and learning across selected teachers in secondary schools in Nigeria. Questionnaire was used for collecting relevant data for the study. Purposive sampling was used and data was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS 18.0. The finding of the study indicates a significant relationship between attitude, intention, self-efficacy and acceptance. The study concludes that besides obvious problems at stake anxiety and technophobia have been some other curtailing factors resisting viable use of ICT for teaching and learning process, thus, transcending bridging the digital divide in the country at high risk of failure.