Evaluating the First, Second and Third Order Barriers of Technology Integration in Primary Education in Nigeria

Rubie Targema-Takema

doi:10.7176/jep/12-30-05

Abstract

The use of technology in education has rapidly grown over time, some countries have evolved faster than others for obvious reasons like the rate of development and innovation in countries. Integrating technology in education has become a budding issue worth exploring because of the advantages of technology in education.Barriers in technology integration has left educators integrating technology by diffusion theory, without any sustainable means. The investigation of these barriers in technology integration puts educational institutions in a better place to establish steps to mitigate and possibly eliminate factors that hinder the effective integration of technology in education.This paper explores the first, second and third order barriers of technology integration in primary education in the context of Nigeria. The first order barriers being the factors extrinsic to educators, the second order, being the factors intrinsic to the educators and the new third order, being a creative ability of the educator to merge both extrinsic and intrinsic factors to implement technology in education.This paper evaluates each order in the Nigerian environment and proposes solutions that could improve the integration of technology in Education. Keywords: Education technology, Technology integration, Education, Technology DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-30-05 Publication date: October 31 st 2021

Highlights

Educational Technology Technology has proven to be a useful tool in the Education sector
The reason for the redesign of the system is said to have become clearer through the years in various research that highlighted technology as the biggest driver in this redesign as seen in Bach (2012) and Facer & Sandford (2010) who agree that “Technology, while not a silver bullet, will allow Education to expand beyond the formal classroom and into the society that Learners interact with every day”
Some examples include the use of iPad and tablets for Online learning, the use of Learning Management Systems for distanced learning and the use of Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented reality (AR) to help students understand how theoretical problems may be solved in real-world examples

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Educational Technology Technology has proven to be a useful tool in the Education sector. Even if all the necessary learning technologies were made available for students both in school and outside of school, with the current level of electricity supply in Nigeria, a lot of Educators and Learners will still struggle to integrate technology as electric power will be absent to charge or power up devices as at when needed.

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