Enhancing Performance In Teaching Through Information And Communication Technology: A Study Of Serengeti District Secondary Schools

ABSTRACT

In recent times there has been a great concern about the use of ICT and its

opportunities in enhancing performance in the process of teaching in secondary

schools in Tanzania. The objective of this study is to find out the extent to which

teachers use ICT facilities in teaching and create e teaching, the relationship of

teachers’ performance on use of ICT and students opinion on teachers’ use of ICT

that create good environment in teaching process in Tanzanian Secondary Schools ,

Serengeti district as a study.

The findings

show that, the rate of use of ICT facilities in classroom enhance s

performance of teaching . T eachers’ knowledge is understood better when students

are using ICT in learning. Student s’ performance is improved on the use of ICT

facilit ies and create good environment in classroom teaching. Also the relationship

of teachers’ performance to the use of ICT in classroom teaching increases the

efficiency of student performance s.

The

study is a descriptive one and has a sample of 104 respondents taken from five

secondary schools . The methods used in data collection are interview s ,

questionnaires and documentary reviews. Excel and statistical and package for social

science (SPSS) we re used to analyze data.

The researche

r ’s recommendations are based on provision of the solution that facing

on various challenges which affects the development of information and

communication technology as follows having a professional development,

technical support on ICT, accessibility o f infrastructure and ICT resources and

government investment in technological characteristics. The findings of this study

are expected to pave the way for the understanding of ICT tools and how it could be

used to enhance performance in teaching process fo r the whole nation of Tanzanian.