Information Communication Technology Use and Infrastructural Motivation on the Enhancement of Student Centred Learning among Public Secondary School Students in Bungoma County, Kenya

Abstract

The objective of this study was to establish the extent to which Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use and its infrastructural motivation had enhanced student centred learning (SCL)skills among public secondary school students in Bungoma County. Therefore the study hypothesis was derived from the study objectives. The target population was 742 respondents in 71 schools and sample size was 272 respondents selected from 19 schools. The tools used for data collection were Observation Checklist, questionnaire and an interview guide. Cronbach's alpha for reliability test was 0.701. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages and means were employed while inferential statistics that is correlation and regression analyses were used. Data was analyzed with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Qualitative data was analyzed through content analysis. The simple linear stepwise multiple regression results indicated that ICT use and its motivation had insignificant impact on SCL. The study's recommendations were: improvement of infrastructural aspects such as diversification of technologies especially embracing the digital technologies. The findings of this study may be used to guide the school managers on the infrastructural motivational requirements in the enhancement of SCL.