AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ETHICAL ISSUES TO THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING CHEMISTRY IN SECONDAY SCHOOL IN EDO STATE

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The use of educational technology in education has transform teaching and learning chemistry process significantly influencing student’s ability to engagement. This has caused some ethical issues in the classroom in the cause of learning process. This study examine the various educational technology and ethical issues during teaching process. The research explores how student’s familiarity with the use of technology, media source affects their instruction delivery and classroom engagement. The study is grounded in the technology use and review of related literature which collectively provide insight into the educational technology for teaching chemistry in secondary school.
A descriptive research design was employed incorporating questionnaire as the instrument of study to assert ethical issues to the use of technology in classroom and their possible solution. The findings reveal that the various ethical issues seen in classroom are likely to incorporate to the poor learning/engagement and low-class performance. The study underscore the challenges of the educational technology which includes inadequate technological facilities, unstable power supply, poor internet service. By providing solution to these challenges, the ability to utilize educational technology effectively during class teaching ultimately, go and quality education. This research contribute to the ongoing discourse on educational technology and it’s role in modern pedagogy, highlighting the need for continuous innovation of learning. The ethical issues include (discrimination and bully, plagiarism, examination malpractice, watching of unauthorized videos) can hinder the learning and easy understanding for students, violation of copyright law, decrease in academic performance at large. Moreover the ethical issues encounter in classroom, research shows the affect the learning and classroom engagement in a negative way. Based on my findings derived from this study, it is clear that the use of educational technology can make or mar the student learning either by positive or negative impact.
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