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5.9 Recommendations 1. Training
Governments at the three tier of governance should endeavour to fulfill the policy that has been enacted to train teachers in the area of computer literacy. This study revealed that only a few teachers in a relatively small number of schools had been trained to maximize technology use in schools. Training opportunities enable teachers to build skills and confidence and learn strategies to integrate computers into their curriculum.
Teachers can also participate in workshops, seminars and local and international conferences that integrate the developmental theory and research regarding computer use with hand-on experiences. To attain and maintain support of any new program, good communication is necessary. Communication could include workshops, regular collaborative meetings, face-to-face conversations, school visits and presentations/demonstrations for policymakers and school boards.
2. School Programme
The Federal Government of Nigeria has made a policy statement to incorporate computer education into basic education. This is aptly justified by the introduction of computer education in primary schools. However, the present one period per week for computer
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activities should be increased to at least 3 periods per week and LOGO Programming Language should be included in the curriculum for primary schools. School leaders should also learn by visiting other schools, talking to other school leaders, going to conferences to learn more about how technology can be used to achieve their goals.
3. Facilities
Government should increase the funding of education to enable schools to acquire facilities that will encourage computer training and awareness. The present efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria to resuscitate the power sector to ensure stable electricity supply are highly commendable. In the interim where it is difficult to get stable electricity supply, generators should be supplied to all schools to ensure the availability of electricity during the period of computer activities. It is equally essential to employ computer technicians for the maintenance of computers and accessories in schools.
Also, as pupils are admitted to the primary level, it is important that they have access to a computer centre with a library of developmentally appropriate software because pupils need opportunity to make choices about some of their computer experiences.
5.10 Contributions to knowledge
1. In this study, an instructional package for learning LOGO Programming Language was developed and introduced to Nigerian pupils of ages 5 to 8 years. These age groups were able to write programs on sequences of instructions that allow the turtle to move and respond to their environment to make different shapes and designs as pupils in other parts of the world. Although in the National Policy on Computer Education, LOGO Programming is expected to be taught at the Junior Secondary School level this has not been introduced up till now. This study shows that pupils as young as five years old can be good at programming if they have an early exposure.
2. The present study had added to the knowledge about young children‘s performance in a LOGO-programming environment. This provides information for researchers and teachers about aspects of learning that may be salient to their learning opportunities for young children with computers. Indeed, it has been realized that of all the applications of computers to education, perhaps none has generated as much
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excitement, and as many claims to potential benefits, as computer programming, especially LOGO Programming.
3. The findings serve as feedback to curriculum planners on their recommendations on the contents of Computer Studies curriculum.
5.11 Suggestions for further studies
Similar studies can be carried out in other states of the country in order to widen the scope and generalizations of the findings. Other variables, like access and computer self-efficacy knowledge to computer, not covered in this study can be considered by subsequent researchers.
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