Perception and Implementation of Digitalization in Teacher Education Curriculum in Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State

This study investigated a comparative analysis between perception and implementation of Digitalization in Teacher Education Curriculum in Federal College Education, Owerri. Imo State. The comparative research design was adopted for the study. Five schools were randomly selected from the Federal Colleges of Education, in Owerri. Imo State. Fifty pre-service teachers were randomly selected for each school, making a total of 250 pre-service teachers, while five lecturers were randomly selected from each school, making a total of 25 lecturers. In all, a total of 250 students and 25 lecturers participated in the study. Two research instruments were used for data collection: Perception of Digitalization of Teacher Education Curriculum Questionnaire (r=0.74) and Pre-service Teachers’ Digitalisation of Teacher Education Curriculum Questionnaire (r=075). Data collected were analysed using percentage, frequency count, mean and standard deviation. Results revealed that lecturers’ perception of the level of digitalization in implementation of teacher education curriculum in colleges of education was negative because the weighted mean of 2.38 was below the threshold set at 2.50. The weighted mean of 2.27 which is lower than the threshold set at 2.50. This implies that pre-service teachers had a negative perception of the level of Digitalization in the implementation of teacher education curriculum. The result revealed that there was a positive strong relationship between lecturers’ and pre-service teachers’ perception of the level of Digitalization in the implementation of teacher education curriculum (r = .626; p=.001<.05). While, lecturers and pre-service teachers should have positive perceptions towards the Digitalisation of teacher education curriculum. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that curriculum planners should Digitalised the teacher education curriculum. Keyword: Keywords: Education, Curriculum, Digitalisation, Lecturers’, Pre-service Teacher