Senior high school teachers’ perception about the integration of multimedia into teaching of basic economic concepts

Abstract

Multimedia adoption in education can help teachers achieve their goals while preserving the quality of instruction through the use of technology. It is against this background that the study sought to investigate the perception of senior high schools’ teachers about the integration of multimedia into teaching and learning of basic economic concepts. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The sampling procedure employed for the study was census sampling. In all, 60 economics teachers in Cape Coast Metropolis were used. A questionnaire was utilized to collect data. In addition, the findings were reported using descriptive and inferential data. The findings of the study revealed that most of the senior high school economics teachers have a positive perception about the integration of multimedia into teaching and learning. The three major factors hindering the integration of multimedia application in teaching economics concepts are computers are not accessible in our schools, lack of time to integrate computers in my teaching and lack of training on educational multimedia use in teaching. It is recommended to the Ministry of Education that teachers should be encouraged to integrate multimedia in teaching so that they become familiar with more pedagogy approaches in multimedia usage.