ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to determine teachers' opinion. ôñ the influence of technology integration in inclusive education on students' learning in Abia State. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design method. The area of study is Abia state. The population of the study is 8,807 teachers comprising public and private school teachers in Abia state. The sampling size was 368 teachers. The sampling technique used was multistage sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a researcher made questionnaire titled: Technology Integration and students' learning questionnaire(TISLQ).The instrument was validated by two lecturers from Department of Adult and Continuing Education, Curriculum and Instruction Unit and one lecturer from Department of Science Education, Measurement and Evaluation Unit, all from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike. The reliability of instrument was ascertained through test retest method and analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The instrument has a reliability index of 0.81. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. From the result of the research questions answered and hypotheses tested, the study showed . moderate influence of technology integration in inclusive education in Abia state. The result also showed that challenges facing effective technology integration in Abia State include: poor maintenance of the available technological materials, poor fimding and lack of government support, lack of teachers interest and readiness . to use technological materials in teaching and learning, among others. Based on the fmdings the researcher recommended among others that: Abia State Government should properly motivate the teachers to develop positive attitude towards technology usage in daily classroom activities through regular payment of salaries and allowances, teachers should be encouraged to attend conferences, workshop, and seminars.