Factors Influencing Attitude of Teacher Librarians Towards Information Technology in Kaduna State

Abstract

The study aimed at examining the factors that influence the attitude of teacher librarians towards information technology in Kaduna State Secondary Schools. Survey research method was adopted. The study population comprises all the five hundred and four (504) schools. Out of this population two hundred and sixty four (264) was used as sample size for the study. Questionnaire was the instruments used for data collection. The data collected were presented and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study found that teacher librarians have positive attitude toward information technology as shown from the respondents who opined that information technology can enhance students learning. The study also found that the possible constraints which tend to have unanimous consensus among the respondents were inadequate trainings on the job, lack of access to technology, poor infrastructural / social facilities and the poor epileptic power supply which adversely limit use of technologies in secondary schools. The inferential analysis showed that the constraints to information technology usage in the secondary schools are positively correlated with the attitude of the teacher librarians towards the information technology use for teaching and learning in the schools. The study concluded that inadequacy of information technology resources, lack of confidence; anxiety, inadequate training, and lack of access to technology, poor infrastructural / social facilities and epileptic power supply were some of the constraints that significantly influence the teacher librarians attitude towards information technology usage in the schools.