A COMPARAIVE STUDY OF STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of theStudy Computers are rapidly becoming important components within societies’ and people’s lives globally (Coffin &MacIntyre, 1999). Thus, computer education has become a fundamental curriculum in schools and colleges worldwide. The fact that education plays […]
INVESTIGATE THE PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS TOWARDS MOBILE LEARNING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Educational Policy implementation in Nigeria suffers an endemic crisis in its teaching and teacher development systems. This crisis manifests as a shortage in the number of qualified teachers and a dearth of motivated […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Education systems around the world are to use computers to teach students the knowledge and skills they need in the 21st century. Computers have the potential to transform the nature of education. Computers provide an array of powerful tools that may help in transforming the present isolated, teacher–centered […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In Nigeria, it is expected that both individuals and government at all level should join hands to build a Nigeria where everyone is resourceful and useful. What is the guarantee that large army of unemployed computer education graduates s will not engage in activities that would undermine the […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study As the saying goes “Technology is the bedrock of any national development”. Education can be viewed as the tool or vehicle that can hasten up the development as well as the achievement of any programme and activity of any nation that has focus. This implies that any […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study A country‟s level of development is determined largely by its level of scientific, technological and industrial advancement in addition to other development indices such as life expectancy, literacy levels, income levels, good governance, etc. (World Bank, 2008). Based on the aforementioned, countries of the world are categorized as […]
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study One of the fundamental rights for every human being is education. Education prepares the individual for challenges in life. Consequently, Gujjar, Khan, Baig, Ramzan and Saifi (2010) opined that education does not only deliver information, but for developing complete personality of a child. In Nigeria there are three […]
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 General Introduction In today’s world of globalization, knowledge and learning is considered a vital element for acquiring competitive advantage (Lee, 2006). For gaining competitive advantage, firms and institutions are becoming more knowledge intensive, therefore they concentrate more on managing and sharing knowledge to gain significant advantage (Wild et al. 2002). This […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The availability, effective organization and utilization of multimedia resources by a qualified Social Studies teacher putting into consideration the topic to be taught and the students’ level and ability are the starting point and foundation for attaining effective interaction and communication between teacher and students in Social […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Computer technology is the finest and most important gift of science and technology to mankind in recent times. There have been lots of areas touched by the benefits of computer. Computer knowledge can be stated as knowing about the various fundamental aspects of computers and the basic […]