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标题：An Overview of ICT Integration in Nigerian Colleges of Education and the Implications on Social Studies Pre-Service Teacher Training Programme: A Review of the Literature
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作者：Sani Alhaji Garba ; Termit Kaur Ranjit Singh ; Najeemah Binti Mohammad Yusuf 等
期刊名称：Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
印刷版ISSN：2302-9277
出版年度：2013
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：35-42
DOI：10.11591/edulearn.v7i1.174
语种：English
出版社：Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
摘要：The influence of digital technology in society has made ICT literacy a basic requirement needed by all to survive the challenge of living in the 21 st . The education industry is now faced with the challenge of helping learners to acquire this literacy. Coping with this challenge requires breeding teachersâ€™ with high level of proficiency in ICT literacy and competence. This study investigates the readiness of Nigerian Colleges of Education toward breeding social studies teachers with ICT literacy and competence. It is an exploratory conceptual study that is literature-based (document-based qualitative study approach). The study therefore explore literature to find out the benefit of ICT integration in social studies teacher education; the preparedness of Nigerian Colleges of Education for ICT integration; and the implications of the current state of technology integration on social studies objectives. Findings from this study indicated that, Colleges of education in Nigeria are not readily prepared for effective technology integration; much is still needed in terms of infrastructure and manpower development.