FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTEGRATION OF ICT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING. A ...

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTEGRATION OF ICT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING. A CASE OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KITUI CENTRAL

SUB COUNTY, KITUI COUNTY, KENYA

Regina Kavinya Muia

A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Education in the Department of Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Africa Nazarene University

March 2021

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DECLARATION

I declare that this document and the research it describes are my original work and that

they have not been presented in any other university for academic work

Signed:

Date: 2/03/2021

REGINA KAVINYA MUIA 16S01DMED001

This research has been conducted under our supervision and is submitted with our approval as University supervisors

Signed ____

Date: 2/03/2021

Dr. ENG. BONIFACE NJUGUNA MWANGI

Signed Dr. LUCY KIRIMA

Date: 2/03/2021

Africa Nazarene University Nairobi, Kenya

iii DEDICATION I dedicate this research to my beloved husband Joseph Murithi and my lovely daughters Joan Kaari and Precious Gatwiri. Thank you for the unconditional moral, spiritual and financial support throughout my period of study

iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to convey my sincere gratitude to the Almighty God for giving me life and good health throughout the study period. Many thanks to my supervisors, Dr. Eng. Boniface Njunguna Mwangi and Dr.Lucy Kirima for their guidance, support and encouragement during the course of this research report. Your suggestions and corrections gave my research a course that led to it taking a professional direction. I am also grateful to my parents; Jacob Muia and Justina Mbithe for encouraging me to always aim higher. Thanks for inspiring me to exploit my potentials.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .......................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT........................................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ..............................................................................................v LIST OF TABLES..................................................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................... ix ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................x DEFINITION OF TERMS.......................................................................................... xi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS.................................................... xii CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................1 1.2 Background of the Study............................................................................................1 1.3 Statement of the Problem ...........................................................................................5 1.4 Purpose of the Study ..................................................................................................6 1.5 Objectives of the Study..............................................................................................6 1.6 Hypotheses of the Study ............................................................................................7 1.7 Significance of the Study ...........................................................................................7 1.8 Scope of the Study .....................................................................................................8 1.9 Delimitations of the Study .........................................................................................9 1.10 Limitations of the Study...........................................................................................9 1.11 Assumptions of the Study ........................................................................................9 1.12 Theoretical Framework ..........................................................................................10 1.13 Conceptual Framework ..........................................................................................15 CHAPTER TWO.........................................................................................................17 LITERATURE REVIEW............................................................................................17 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................17 2.2 Concept of Computer and ICT Literacy ...................................................................17 2.3 Empirical Studies Review ........................................................................................19 2.31 Teachers' ICT Literacy and ICT Integration in Teaching and Learning ..................19 2.32 Teachers' Attitude and ICT Integration in Teaching and Learning .........................23

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