Explain how the use of ICT can facilitate teachers in the process of teaching and learning of primary mathematics?
The teaching and learning of primary mathematics focus on the understanding and application of concepts, skills, procedures and processes to a range of situations such as real problems that are faced in daily lives.
The ultimate goal in promoting the use of ICT in the process of teaching and learning of primary mathematics is to increase the effectiveness of teaching and to improve pupils’ learning.
By using ICT in teaching and learning of primary mathematics can then help to improve the quality of teaching and learning and also may possibly raise the academic standard of students.
The use of ICT in the process of teaching and learning of primary mathematics can help to make the learning process becoming “alive” – meaning by making the thinking processes visible to both teachers and students.
ICT has been used broadly to mean a range of equipment, resources, electronic and digital materials, internet and networking, educational software and programs which can be used in connection with teaching and learning.
For instance, problems related to number patterns, their relations, factors, multiples, time table can be taught using number grids for which software is also available. Likewise, using statistical software, dynamic geometry software, and graphic calculator students can present a set of data in different forms and understand the relationship of data and their shapes.
As we all know, primary mathematics class needs lots of interaction, reasoning and observation, thus ICT in this case, will be very much needed and can be very useful in making teaching and learning mathematics to happen effectively. Use of ICT can help teachers to make pupils to become attentive towards the lesson.
Therefore, ICT can be very helpful for teachers in preparing and managing teaching and pupils will better understand the mathematical ideas through audio visual activities and experimentation. Thus, it helps to make the teaching and learning of primary mathematics more enjoyable and interesting. The effective use of ICT can help to transform the interaction between teachers and pupils in the classroom, allowing for discussion and analysis in the lesson, which in return can help to develop critical thinking skills among the pupils. By doing so, teachers are helping the pupils to learn better and therefore enhance the pupil abilities of using ICT.
Tools such as overhead projectors, interactive whiteboards/smart boards, large monitors, projectors, scanners, digital cameras and different multi media resources – help teachers to manipulate mathematical images and data to work with a whole class rather than individually- in this case, helps to save teachers’ time and reduces teachers’ workload.
A report taken from the Information Technology Advisory Panel (1986) stated that:
An IT aided system can act as a ‘teacher’s assistant’ and can take on the burden of straight forward clerical work and some of the more mechanical parts of teaching itself, leaving the teacher free to concentrate on the individual needs of the students and on the higher level aspects of managing the learning process (p.14).
Teachers can use ICT as their teaching tools. The use of ICT such as computer can supplement the teacher in the classroom. While children watch or use the ICT and learn, the teacher can talk to them, guide them, give them advice and suggestion. Thus once again help saves teachers’ time.
A report from (DfES, 2003) says that ICT 'helps reduce teacher workload in terms of lesson preparation, planning and assessment'.
Summary
ICT can help teachers in the process of teaching and learning of primary mathematics by means of:
- Allow students to construct or build own mathematical ideas in enhanced ways.
- ICT tools offer dynamic environment for both the teacher and pupils in which they can explore, share and convey mathematical ideas and conceptions with demonstrations and visualization.
- ICT tools can help reduce teachers’ workload.
- ICT can help teachers teach more effectively
Compiled by:
Dk Muhyidatul, Nur Farahana, Nur Ridzwannah, Mufidah, Ak Alif
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