Teaching and Learning ICT as a Subject in Nigerian Secondary Schools: The Challenge of Pre-service Teachers Education Preparation

Abstract

This study investigates the factors militating against the preparation of pre-service teachers' training for the teaching of computer science education (CSE) in Nigerian secondary schools. The study consisted of 165 pre-service teachers and 11 teacher educators from Osun State Colleges of Education. The study employed quantitative research design using survey research design to elicit data from the respondents. The results of the study reveal that the computer science educators teaching the pre-service teachers were qualified but inadequate in terms of number; computer facilities were inadequate and the available ones are obsolete; lecture method was mostly used for the training of the pre-service teachers; and the pre-service teachers have low proficiency in both hardware and software components. The study concluded that the CSE pre-service teachers in Osun State Colleges of Education were not proficient in computer software and hardware component because they had low level of computer software and hardware component proficiency. The implication and recommendations were drawn from the study that can help educational stakeholders as well as Nigerian education policy makers.