Speaker
Description
Arinze, U. I.
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) UMUNZE, ANAMBRA STATE
ukejearinze@gmail.com
Track: Digital Pedagogy and Teaching Innovation
Social studies education is a tool for influencing the individuals positively so that they become useful to themselves and the society. The teaching of social studies offers the unique opportunity to contribute to the transformation of societies through inculcating the norms, culture, values and production of rational citizens. Insecurity harmed academic calendar which led to high rate of social vices in Nigeria such as kidnapping, drop-out, armed robbery, drug abuse etc. Recent advancement in Al-driven educational technologies have introduced innovative instructional approaches, including adaptive online learning system, visualization tools, audio tools, face-book teaching. The study examine benefits of digital tools such as learning + skills, enhanced visualization, access to opportunity and speed + efficiency, lower cost among others. The study highlights challenges affecting digital tools adoption in Nigerian colleges of education, including epileptic power supply, inadequate digital tools, poor network connection, inappropriate funding. The paper suggests that social studies education can be taught effectively in period of insecurity in Nigeria using digital tools like Whatsapp, telegram, Google classroom, visual tours, zoom and among others.