IMPACT OF COMPUTER IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ECONOMICS IN PARTICULAR AND EDUCATION IN GENERAL A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL IN LAGOS LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Economies is said to be a study of prudent use of merger resources in the society. The aim of economic activity is the production of goods and services for the satisfaction of human wants, but broad aim of economic policy may be regarded as ensuring that as many as possible of those wants are satisfied.
In Nigeria, economics as a subject was introduced into its curriculum in the year 1967, only ten candidates registered for the subject in Senior Secondary School final year examination. Presently, Nigeria has a high percentage of candidates who register and sit for economic yearly for both West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and National Examination Council (NECO), because of its relevance to all sphere of profession (Odunsanya, 2001).
The West African Examination Council syllabus states the aims and objectives of economics at the secondary level as follows:
- Knowledge of the structure and functioning of economic institutions, commercial, industrial and financial
- Understanding of basic economic principles, concepts, and tools for economic analysis.
- To prepare students for higher education in the field of economics.
- How to manage the available resources
- Ability to follow the role and status of West African countries encounter in their economic development.
In achieving these aims and objectives, the use of Information and Communication Technology ( COMPUTER) as a teaching aid in teaching and learning of economics in senior secondary schools comes in arises.
The term information encompasses a wide range and variety of things ranging from oral and printed words, figures, statements, file and document to such intangible elements as sound, signal rays and waves. Whatever the form information takes, the essence of information is that, it conveys a message (UNESCO 1979).
Technology refers to the application of scientific knowledge while information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, p computerorial, textual and numerical information by a micro base combination of computing and telecommunication. Telecommunication is a special form of communication in which information is conveyed over long distance.
Information and Communication Technology ( COMPUTER) refers to different things to many people, some view information and communication as techniques required for information processing that involves the use of electronic computers and computer software to create, store, protect, process, transport, select, change, receive and display many kind of information, while others refer to it as the functions of developing, acquiring, testing, implementing and maintaining electronics system to source for information.
Basically, COMPUTER is classified into three groups namely:
- Those that process information. E.g computer
- Those that disseminate information. E.g communication
- Those for presentation of information e.g multimedia.
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