Abstract:
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a household
name for any country that wants to develop education. ICT has received
significant attention from successive governments over the past decade at the
senior high school level. Teaching and learning have evolved over the years from
the traditional instructivism, to the constructivism approach where learners have
become active organism with expectations and the teacher becoming a facilitator.
The aim of the study was to investigate the use of ICT as a constructivist
approach to the teaching and learning of Physics m Swedru senior high school.
The study was underpinned by the constructivist theory. The study adopted a
quantitative research approach and descriptive research design. There is no
approach like this in the main work and simple random sampling techniques were
used in this research The sample size was 206 students who were randomly
selected and 8 science teachers who were purposely selected. Questionnaire was
used as a research instrument for data collection. Descriptive statistical tools were
used in analysing the data. The study revealed that the use of ICT in the teaching
and learning of Physics were perceived to develop diverse learning, critical
thinking and active student participation which improve student's performance in
the subject. It was recommended that, the Government should adopt ICT as a
constructivist approach to the teaching and learning of Physics in junior high
schools by providing the necessary logistics and infrastructure so that they can use
ICT resources to enhance teaching and learning.
