EXTENT OF USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) LEARNING TOOLS BY TEACHERS TO COUNTER TERRORISM IN BASIC EDUCATION

Abstract

Children in the 21 st century are digital natives, it is appropriate that their education be conveyed through digital platforms.This study was on extent of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) learning tools in countering terrorism in basic education in Orumba South Local Government Education Authority of Anambra State. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the 516 teachers in the 42 public primary schools in Orumba South L.G.A. The study adopted simple random sampling to draw the sample population of 120 teachers for this study. The instrument for data collection was a 20 item questionnaire drafted by the researchers titled “Extent of Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Learning Tools in Countering Terrorism in Basic Education (EXICTLERT). The research instrument was a questionnaire validated by three experts from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Cronbach Alpha was used to establish reliability and a coefficient of 0.79 obtained for the entire instrument. Data collected were analyzed using the mean scores. The findings showed that the extent of use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) learning tools in countering terrorism was to a low extent and the effectiveness of ICT learning tools in countering terrorism was to a high extent. Based on these findings, it was recommended among other strategies, the recruitment of trained and ICT-skilled teachers, organizing seminars, workshop and in- service training for teachers on counter terrorism among others.