ABSTRACT
This
study was carried out in three senior secondary schools randomly selected from
Orile Agege and Ifako Ijaiye Local Community Development Areas of Lagos State.
The study is to highlight the comprehensive data analysis of the effect of
internet on the education of some secondary It
school students.
A
total of 90 students and 10 teachers/instructors were interviewed in three schools
through questionnaire and one-on-one interviews. The study has been able to
find out how the students arc acquainted with knowledge from the most
innovative technological advancement - the internet.
Also
the study has been able to determine the students access to both the mobile
phone and computer system which are their link to the internet and how often
and effective they make use of them.
Finally,
there is no doubt that this study will actually inspire other students to take
more interest in the use of the internet and make good use of its positive
sides to impact on the society.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Aim and Objectives of the study
1.4 Significance of study
1.5 Scope of Study
1.6 Limitations of study
1.7 Definition of Terms
CHAPTER
TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE
2.1 Literature Review
2.1.1 Historical Development of Internet
2.2 The role of Internet in Education
2.3 The language and style of the Internet
2.4 Relationship between Internet and Education
CHAPTER
THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Methodology
3.2 The Research Instruments
3.3 Samples
3.4 Data Analysis techniques
3.5 Limitations of Methodology.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND DATA
ANALYSIS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Presentation and Data Analysis
4.3 Statement of Hypothesis
CHAPTER
FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary
5.2 Findings
5.3 Conclusion
5.4 Recommendations
REFERENCES
APPENDIXES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It has been emphasised that the internet is a
universal phenomenon. The world has been reduced into a global village with the incursion of the internet. The internet
which began in the late 1970s has been
a major eye opener to the people of the world. The experience of internet is a
fresh awakening to events, issues, activities and economy of the world. It is a
departure from lack of knowledge, insensitivity and obvious archaic ways of doing
things.
The
internet, like the name implies 'international
network' (the large system of
connected computers around the world which allow people to share information
and communicate with each other), has opened doors of diverse engagements to
different classes of people in the world. No profession is excluded in the build-up
or development of internet. Relationships both economically and mutually have
extended and improved tremendously. The level of awareness, creativity and
insight is enlarged.
We
cannot talk about the internet without a remarkable reference to the computer.
The computer is an electronic device that processes data in accordance with
programmed instructions or directives. It is what you give or feed the computer
that determines its output. The overall activity of a computer can be summarized
thus: 'Garbage In Garbage Out' (GIGO). With the coming of the computer, feats
that had been difficult to achieve became easy and neater in output.
A
computer has the visible and invisible peripherals that aid its activities. The
visible or physical components also known as hardware are the monitor (screen),
keyboard and central processing units (CPU). The software or invisible parts
are the programs installed in the memory (R OM), these programs determine the
effective workings of the computer. The speed (how fast it works), the things
it can do, etc., all depend on the software in it. Most computers perform specialized functions depending on the
area of specialization of its user. Some function dependably in typesetting,
accounting, graphic designing, music mixing/editing and soon.
The
usage and wide acceptance of computer created an inroad for the coming of
internet. Accessibility to the internet is only possible with the use of
computer and most recently with innovations like the laptops, phones with web installations. Nowadays, to access the
internet is at the tip of the finger once you are connected, so to say.
The
internet is composed of many inter-connected computer networks. Each network
may link tens, hundreds or even thousands of computers, enabling them to share
information and processing power. The internet has made it possible for people
allover the world to communicate with one another effectively and
inexpensively. The internet has brought new opportunities to government,
business and education. Many individuals use the internet for communicating
through electronic mail (e-mail), retrieving news, researching information,
shopping, paying bills, banking, listening to music. watching movies, playing
games and even making telephone calls. Educational institutions use the
internet for research and to deliver online courses and course materials to
students.
Currently,
the number of users of the internet can only be estimated. The World Wide Web
(www) was developed in the 80s by British physicist and computer scientist,
Timothy Berners-Lee (he received
the Millennium Technology Prize in 2004 for this great feat), this replaced
file transfer as the application used for most internet traffic. The internet
is the highway system· over which web traffic and traffic from other
applications move.
It
must be noted that the internet plays a significant role in education.
Education is the process of teaching and learning in a school or college, or
the knowledge that you get from this. In the contemporary age, education and
internet are closely related because we can see that students of different ages
make use of the internet to aid their works in terms of getting information,
formulae, research, etc. both cannot be separated these days.
Historically,
education was achieved orally and through observation and imitation. Youngsters
learned informally from their parents, extended family and grandparents. At
later stages in life, children
received instruction of a more structured and formal nature, imparted by people
not necessarily related, in the context of initiation, religion or ritual.
Since the beginning of human existence,
each generation has sought to pass on cultural and social values. tradition,
morality, religion and skills to the next generation though one form of
education or the other which is part of the past and present teaching and
learning process.
With
the gradual rise of more complex civilizations in the river valleys of Egypt
and Babylonia, knowledge became too complicated to transmit directly from
person to person and from generation to generation. For man to be able to
function in complex societies, he needed some way of accumulating, recording
and preserving his cultural heritage. So, with the rise of trade, government
and formal religion came the invention of writing.
With
the development of writing in about 3500 BC in ancient civilizations around the
world, it became possible for stories, poetry, knowledge, beliefs and customs
to be recorded and passed on more accurately to people out of earshot and to
future generations.
During
this period, the scribes of the court and the priests of the temple were
designated as teachers to teach the children either in the vast majority who
learn exclusively by an informal apprenticeship or the tiny minority who received
formal schooling. The method ofl earning then was memorization and the
motivation was the fear of harsh physical discipline.
Before
the 1900 A D in most African countries south of the Sahara, children received
traditional informal education on matters such as artistic performances,
ceremonies, rituals, games, festivals, dancing, singing and drawing. Boys and
girls were taught separately to help prepare each sex for their adult roles.
All members of the community contributed to the educational upbringing of the
child. The high point of the African educational experience was the ritual passage
ceremony from childhood to adulthood.
Nigeria
has progressed steadily in the development of education. Here, the education
system is supervised by the state and the first six years of primary education
are compulsory in Nigeria. Higher education
has developed considerably over the years, which has resulted in a healthy
literacy rate this is the responsibility of both the federal and state
governments.
Christian
missionaries introduced the· western education system in Nigeria in the
mid-19th century. By 1990, three fundamentally distinct education systems
existed in Nigeria - the indigenous system, the Quranic schools and formal
European-style of educational institutions.
Notably,
we have three basic types of education namely formal, informal and non-formal
education.
Informal
education happens outside the classroom, in after-school programs, community
based organizations, museums, libraries or at home. The setting of this type of
education is to make children useful to parents at home. Informal education is
a truly life-long process whereby every individual acquires skills, values,
attitudes and knowledge from daily experience and the educative influences and
resources in his or her environment from family and neighbours, from work and
play, from the market place, the library and the mass media.
Formal
education is the process of training and developing people in knowledge,
skills, mind and character in a structural and certified program. It is
classroom-based and provided by trained teachers. In Nigeria formal education
is traceable to the efforts of European missionaries around 1842. At this time,
education was regarded as of fundamental importance to the spread of
Christianity.
Formal
education runs from primary school through the university and including, in
additional to general academic studies, a variety of specialized programmes and
institutions for full-time technical and professional training.
Non-formal
education is any organized educational activity outside the established formal
system whether operating separately or as an important feature of some broader
activity that is intended to serve identifiable learning clienteles and
learning objectives.
The
major distinction between these three forms of education is largely
administrative while formal
education is linked with schools and training institutions, non-formal is linked with community,
groups and other organizations and informal
covers what is left e.g, interactions with friends, family and work colleagues.
Of
these three, formal and informal is the most appreciable and the researcher is
concentrating the study on formal education where the internet is considered
for use.
Secondary
school students now use the internet through search engines like Google and
other internet applications like Bolt, Opera Mini, etc. To get information on
topics that are not too clear in class. By digesting the information they get,
they have a clearer knowledge of the subject at hand. On the other hand,
secondary school students are now addicted to the internet with the use of
social networking sites like Facebook; Twitter, To
Go, etc. Musical/video sites like You tube, itune, etc, These
sites are great distractions to students and other youths because it does not
allow them to concentrate on their studies fully.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Notwithstanding
the fact that secondary school students cannot be restricted from using the
internet, this research project is meant to address issues, such as, is the use
of the internet a blessing or a curse? Is there anyway secondary school
students can be encouraged to use the internet to achieve positive goals
educationally instead of exploring the negative sites to their detriment.
We
are meant to know through this study if their Intelligence Quoficient is
developed with the use of the internet and if their thinking is improved in
anyway. Also, how this global networking innovation has helped them more in
their dedication to their studies and made them responsible to themselves,
their community and the society at large.
Internet
to some people is a distraction while to others, it is an attraction. It is in
the researcher's interest to find out what stands.
1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES
AIM
The
Internet plays a significant role in the lives of young people today. Previous
research point to advantages as well as disadvantages of the use of the
Internet in a formal educational context. The aim of this study is to unveil
the impact of the internet in the lives of some secondary school students. Its
advantages arid disadvantages as it concerns their education.
The
objectives are:
1. To reveal how the
internet has supported the education of secondary school students through the
various sites available to them.
2. The promotion of the
learning and knowledge of secondary school pupils with the use of internet.
3. Also, the study will give
us an insight into how these set of people have negatively used the internet to
their disadvantage. Thereby, the internet has become an hindrance to their
learning process with their venturing or going to sites that do not have good
or positive impact on them.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study is meant to be beneficial to secondary school students most especially,
educationists, proprietors of secondary schools and also parents. They are
meant to discover the positive and negative effects of the internet on, the
students.
This
research is relevant to the society, secondary schools and other players like
educationists and academicians, who handle this category of students.
The
relevance cannot be under-estimated because many people, especially parents may
not know that some students have turned to bad eggs with their knowledge of the
internet. This bad influence which they are passing or have transferred to
their other age mates make the situation worse.
Instead of looking for sites that would be beneficial
to them and their education, they go in search or obscene sites to watch or download sexual scenes/cuts that are
not meant for them or their age range or
messaging sites and chatting all day long.
1.5 SCOPE
OF THE STUDY
Three
major secondary schools in Agege Local Government Area will be considered in
the course of this study. They arc Vetland
Senior Grammar School, Lagooz College and Jellylas Group of Schools, Agege, Lagos.
These three schools are amongst the highly respected schools in this community
with full internet facilities for the students and their teachers.
Questionnaires
and interviews will be used to get the reaction of the students and their
teachers to the subject. About 90 students and 10 teachers will be considered
in this study. A comprehensive and well-designed questionnaire is planned to
cover all the necessary aspects.
Open-ended
and close-ended questions would be asked so as to get adequate and appropriate
responses.
1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The
researcher would have loved to do more, that is, cover more grounds, visit more
schools, unfortunately financial constraints is an obstacle. Added to this is
time factor as there was limited time to administer and collect the
questionnaires issued out.
The
school authorities were suspicious of the intent of the research as they felt
it could affect their image.
Also,
some of the students insisted on permission from their parents before responding even after getting the school
permission.
1.7
DEFINITION OF TERMS
ARPA - Advanced
Research Projects Agency
TCP/IP
- Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
VOIP
- Voice over Internet Protocol
SMS - Short
Message Service
ROM - Read
Only Memory
RAM - Random Access Memory
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