ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS TEACHING ART AND DESIGN USING ICT TOOLS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA.

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 75 - 80, 31.12.2021

Adebayo Adeloye

https://doi.org/10.47481/yjad.1005573

Abstract

This study assessed the attitudes of secondary school students in Akure south local government, Ondo state towards learning Art using ICT tools. The study adopted survey research design. Two hundred (200) students were randomly selected from four schools in Akure south local government area of Ondo state. One objective and one research hypothesis were generated for the study. Students Attitude towards ICT (SATICT) questionnaire was used as the research instrument for the study. The study revealed that students, both male and female have a positive disposition towards learning Art using ICT tools. It was therefore recommended that the use ICT in the teaching of Art be engrafted in the curriculum of Art in secondary schools.

Keywords

ICT, Attitude, Art and Design

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