IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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BACKGROUND OF 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 (Phir et al., 2009). This implies that any country devoid of education and especially not having a solid back up of a useful and functional technology may become backward, redundant, under developed and as such achieve no goals (Nokelainen, 2006). According to ED report on “the cost and effectiveness of educational technology”, it was stated that ‘through the use of advanced computing and telecommunications technology, learning can also be qualitatively different. The process of learning in the classroom can become significantly richer as students have access to new and different types of information, can manipulate it on the computer through graphic displays or controlled experiments in ways never before possible, and can communicate their results and conclusions in a variety of media to their teachers, students in the next classroom, or students around the world (Bauerlein, 2009). For example, using technology, students can collect and graph real-time weather, environmental, and population’s data from their community use that data to create colour maps and graphs, and then compare these maps to others created by students in other communities. Similarly, instead of reading about the human circulatory system and seeing textbook pictures depicting blood flow, students can use technology to see blood moving through veins and arteries, (Young, 2004) watch the process of oxygen entering the bloodstream, and experiment to understand the effects of increased pulse or cholesterol filled on blood flow” “We know now based on decades of use in schools, on findings of hundreds of research studies, and on the everyday experiences of educators students, and their families that, properly used, technology can enhance the achievement of all students, increase families involvement in their children’s schooling , improve teachers skills and knowledge and improve school administration and management (Young, 2004). Evidently the research so far has checked on how technology affects the school learning systems which can be related to student, teachers and so to say the entire management of the school system but not categorically stating the impact it made in developing the educational system which is now the major focus of this research work.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
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 (Bauerlein, 2009). According to ED report on “the cost and effectiveness of educational technology”, it was stated that ‘through the use of advanced computing and telecommunications technology, learning can also be qualitatively different. Using technology, students can collect and graph real-time weather, environmental, and population’s data from their community use that data to create colour maps and graphs, and then compare these maps to others created by students in other communities (Phir et al., 2009). On this background the researcher wants to investigate the impact of technology on educational development.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the impact of technology on educational development
- To ascertain the relationship between technology and student academic achievement
- To ascertain the level of education with technology and without technology
RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
For the successful completion of the study, the following research hypotheses were formulated by the researcher;
H0: there is no impact of technology on educational development
H1: there is impact of technology on educational development
H02: there is no relationship between technology and student academic achievement
H2: there is relationship between technology and student academic achievement
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study will give a clear insight on the impact of technology on educational development. It will be beneficial to ministry of education to provide technology to all schools in Nigeria. It will be also beneficial to students and the general public. It will also serve as a reference to other researchers that want to embark on this topic.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study covers impact of technology on educational development. The researcher encounters some constrain which limited the scope of the study;
a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and examinations with the study.
c) Organizational privacy: Limited Access to the selected auditing firm makes it difficult to get all the necessary and required information concerning the activities.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
TECHNOLOGY: Technology is first robustly defined by Jacob Bigelow in 1829 as: .principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Educational development is a growing and vibrant field, defined as: “helping colleges and universities function effectively as teaching and learning communities” (Felten, Kalish, Pingree, & Plank, 2007, p. 93)
ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows
Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), historical background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlights the theoretical framework on which the study is based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding. Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study
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