Enhancing ICT Application in Science and Mathematics Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 142-164
Author(s):  
Suan Yoong ◽  
Lee Yuen Lew
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Current Thinking ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
And Mathematics

This chapter reviews the Malaysian experience in implementing the Smart School Flagship initiatives, notably in the implementation of information communication technology (ICT) application in science and mathematics education. From a macro perspective, this chapter takes stock of the achievements of the Smart School Flagship in enabling ICT infrastructure and Internet connectivity in Malaysian schools. It attempts to appraise current trends and practice, clarifies emerging issues or challenges that schools face in trying to improve the ways in which ICT is applied to enhance teaching and learning, and identifies promising good practices so that general lessons may be drawn that are of interests to Malaysia and other countries. It does not claim to comprehensively cover every aspect of the initiatives but aims to contribute to current thinking about this topic by presenting a practical and pragmatic evaluation of some of its key features.

scholarly journals Re-orientation of Science and Mathematics Teachers Instructional Strategies for Information Communication Technology Integration

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1338-1346
Author(s):  
Rose Atieno Mutende
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Science And Mathematics Teachers

This article reports on a study which explored teachers re-conceptualization and re-orientation process during their in-service training for ICT-pedagogy integration in teaching and learning. The qualitative research design was used for the study. It was found that there was a limited ICT infrastructure as well as inadequate technological access and reliability, the participating teachers were engaged in authentic hands-on learning experience and that the teachers engagement in the learning activities demonstrated they had not developed expertise in ICT usage for teaching and learning. It was therefore recommended that opportunities to acquire professional ICT integration skills for both teachers and trainers be expanded. 

scholarly journals Problematizing teaching and learning mathematics as “given” in STEM education

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeping Li ◽  
Alan H. Schoenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning Mathematics ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Scientific Engineering

AbstractMathematics is fundamental for many professions, especially science, technology, and engineering. Yet, mathematics is often perceived as difficult and many students leave disciplines in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as a result, closing doors to scientific, engineering, and technological careers. In this editorial, we argue that how mathematics is traditionally viewed as “given” or “fixed” for students’ expected acquisition alienates many students and needs to be problematized. We propose an alternative approach to changes in mathematics education and show how the alternative also applies to STEM education.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Perceptions on Integration of Information Communication Technology in Teaching and learning in Secondary Schools in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 4754-4758
Author(s):  
Ogoti Evans Okendo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Ict Integration ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

The purpose of the study was to establish teachers’ perception on integration of information communication technology in teaching and learning in secondary schools in Uasin Gishu County. The study was guided by the Minimalism theory. The study utilized ex post facto research design. The target population included all private and public secondary schools in Uasin Gishu County and all teachers in private and public secondary schools in the county. Stratified and simple random sampling procedures were to select the respondents for the study. The study utilized questionnaire and observation schedules for data collection. The study concluded that most of teachers in public and private secondary schools in Uasin Gishu County had favorable perceptions of availability of ICT infrastructure in their school, The study further concluded  that both private and public secondary teachers in Uasin Gishu County had favorable perceptions of availability of plans for ICT integration in teaching in their school and that there is a significant relationship between public and private secondary teachers mean perception scores on ICT integration in Uasin Gishu County. the study recommended that the county Government of Uasin Gishu should provide ICT infrastructure in both private and public secondary schools and The principals and school managers in Uasin Gishu County should develop ICT integration plans at the school level which should inform the process of integrating the same in classroom teaching and learning.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Ict Based Education in Elementary Teacher Education (PGSD) in Indonesia

Humaniora ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Adie E. Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Communication And Technology

In fact, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) have been utilized in schools even though relatively small in numbers. At present, there is a program for Elementary Teacher Education called PGSD program in Indonesia. The PGSD program is an in-service teacher training program especially for elementary school teachers in Indonesia, to improve their qualifications from Diploma-2 to Strata-1 level, conducted through ICT-based distance learning mode. This study uses survey method to examine the accessibility of ICT infrastructure and networks, and the effectiveness of using ICT for teaching and learning in six university member of PGSD program in Indonesia. The results of the study show that the PGSD program needs to improve the ICT infrastructure and networks as well as apply ICT based teaching and learning skills. 

Globalisation, Blended Learning, and Mathematics Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Adedeji Tella
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
And Mathematics

The issue about globalisation is now commonplace. However, there has not been enough literature concerning its link with ICT and mathematics education and how the three put together have impacted tertiary education pedagogy. In light of this, this chapter involves a local context of tertiary institutions operating in an environment exposed to the processes of globalisation. The chapter explores the meaning of globalisation, information communication technology, and mathematics education. It discusses how ICT and globalisation in relation to blended learning have influenced mathematics education, considers the relation between globalisation and mathematics education, and finally, draws the implications of globalisation and ICT on pedagogy in tertiary education.

A New Way of Teaching

1996 ◽  
Vol 178 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernand J. Prevost
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Classroom Discourse ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Change Task ◽  
Analysis Of Teaching ◽  
Present Understanding

A new view of teaching is emerging from the work of the constructivists and mathematics education reform leaders. In particular, we examine here four aspects of teaching that must change: task selection, guidance of classroom discourse, setting the learning environment, and the analysis of teaching and learning. Several national curriculum projects are working to effect these changes and examples of their work are provided. This work has motivated individual teachers to similarly design investigations that engage students in the study of significant mathematics, and two examples are included. Assessment must also change and students must learn to become less dependent on “authority” for the correctness of answers. Finally, our present understanding of constructivism and its implications for teaching/learning must not be static; though that view now may be at the center, we must listen to those who are on the edges and expect to be changed again and again in the years ahead.

scholarly journals Empowering the Disadvantaged Students in Mathematics Education: Relevance of Social Justice, Equity and Mainstreaming

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 132-145
Author(s):  
Bed Prasad Dhakal
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Contextualized Teaching And Learning ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mind Set

Mathematical knowledge is indubitable in various sectors, but diversity in culture and tradition in society causes inequality, injustice and backwardness among the students learning mathematics. Study of cultural heritage, customs, behavior in mathematics education is the demand of post-modern paradigm. Efforts of self-organization and co-construction in the initiation of students and teachers through their active participation, interaction and mathematics classroom discourses could be instrumental towards the generation of mathematical knowledge in classroom – which can support to reduce the western domination in mathematics education; and societal negative mind-set about mathematics education will also be minimized in this way. Ethno-mathematics, diversified mathematical strategies, culturally responsive mathematics classroom and enhancing equity in learning mathematics are the major dimensions that mathematics professionals need to exercise for the effective, reflective and contextualized teaching and learning of mathematics. This is a phenomenological study conducted among secondary level mathematics teachers. Using written interview and informal sharing of participants’ experiences towards teaching and learning mathematics, three major themes were developed and discussed. This article primarily shows that there exists the intertwined relation among these themes; and it is essential to properly address these themes for more effective learning of mathematics in the context of Nepalese secondary level classrooms.

scholarly journals Deployment of Information Communication Technology for Teaching and Learning Engineering Technological Skills: A Case of National Polytechnics in Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
Mutai Cheruiyot Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

The knowledge economy expansion has significantly affected the methodologies of knowledge transfer and skilling of human resource. The demand for skillful workforce is significant to the development of an ingenious educational approach to teaching and learning engineering. Integration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning provides a number of endless interactive modernizations of training approaches to engineering processes and applications. The purpose of this study was to establish the status of integration of ICT in teaching and learning of practical engineering concepts in National Polytechnics in Kenya. The study surveyed the trainers’ competencies on the application of ICT for the teaching and learning engineering processes and practices. The descriptive research design was employed and involved both quantitative and qualitative data. The study was based on the constructivist theory of learning and under the framework of technology, organization and environmental theory. Qualitative data was collected through Interviews and observation while questionnaires produced quantitative data. Three National polytechnics; Eldoret, Kisumu and Kenya Technical Trainers’ College, were selected and a sample of 75 respondents consisting of trainers was selected using stratified simple random sampling, while administrators from mechanical, electrical, and automotive and civil engineering departments were selected by simple purposive sampling; to provide information on the trainers’ competence on virtual teaching and learning engineering. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The triangulation of the bi-data collected through mixed method strengthened the overall outcome as one approach offset the weaknesses of the other method. The findings of the study identified the constraints getting in the way of trainers to effectively integrate ICT in teaching and learning engineering and the pointer centred on the inadequate knowledge on the application of simulations and unavailability of virtual laboratories; 64% of the engineering trainers reported that their computer proficiency was good while 36% reported to be moderately proficient in the use of computers. However, a depressed 17% had the capacity to employ simulation software for TL. The study recommended enhancement of trainers’ competence on the application of ICT and provision of appropriate ICT infrastructure.

scholarly journals Bridging psychology and mathematics education: Reflections on boundary crossing

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 09-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha W. Alibali ◽  
Eric J. Knuth
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Basic And Applied Research ◽  
And Mathematics

Collaborations between psychology and mathematics education have the potential to yield progress on critical questions about the teaching and learning of mathematics. In this paper, we describe our experience of collaborating at this boundary. We have found that collaboration has many benefits: it strengthens the research, it is professionally enriching, and it brings novel perspectives to disciplinary communities. However, collaboration is also challenging, because different views about the nature of knowledge and the aims of inquiry can be difficult to bridge. Collaboration can also raise difficult questions about professional identity. We consider several factors that are critical to success in interdisciplinary collaboration, including methodological openness, a broad view of what constitutes “basic” and “applied” research, and an appreciation for diverse perspectives and varying levels of analysis. We close by offering some advice for others who wish to collaborate at the boundary of psychology and mathematics education.

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