Challenges of Integrating Information and Communication Technology in Teaching among National Teachers' Colleges in Uganda
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2021-09
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East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences
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In this 21st century, educational institutions the world over are faced with increasing demand from
society to transform from analogue practices to digital systems using technology. This study
investigated the challenges experienced by teacher education college lecturers in their quest to
integrate ICT in teacher training practices. The study was qualitative, using focus group discussions,
interview and observation with 10 college lecturers from each of the 4 colleges and 4 Principals, one
from each college. Snowball purposive sampling strategy was used to draw the participants. The
findings revealed a host of challenges, despite a high level of appreciation among college lecturers on
the importance of ICT integration into classroom instructional practices. Several debilitating factors
evolved including, lack of experience and skills in using ICT, lack of ICT curriculum for the teachers'
colleges, lack of clear government policy on the teaching of ICT in the teachers' college curriculum,
inadequate ICT resources, obsolete ICT hardware and soft wares, intensive teaching programs due to
examination pressures, overcrowded classrooms, lack of time, heavy workload, slow internet
connectivity, intermittent electricity supply and, attitudinal barriers from the relatively older lecturers
with technophobia. The researchers therefore, recommended government intervention with a clear
policy on ICT inclusion in the curriculum, equipping the colleges with adequate and up-to-date
equipment, regular training opportunities for the lecturers, provision of alternative and affordable
source of power, recruiting more human resource in the colleges to reduce the workload for the
lecturers and government subsidizing on the cost of internet connectivity.
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https://doi.org/10.46606/eajess2021v02i03.0114