Accessibility and Practice of ITC in Teaching and Learning Mathematics

Abstract

The topic of the study is "Accessibility and practices of ICT (Information Communication and Technology) in teaching and learning mathematics." The purpose of this study was to investigate the accessibility of ICT tools and their practices in teaching and learning mathematics. The study adopted descriptive survey design and the information/data was collected by observation checklist, interview and questionnaire. The sample of the study was 200 students and 24 teachers from twenty secondary schools. The researcher used random sampling procedure to select the sample for finding the accessibility of ICT tools. For the convenience of the researcher Hanumanteshwor Secondary School of Baiteshwor-4 Dolakha was selected for investigating the practices of ICT in teaching and learning mathematics purposively. The data collected by using checklist, were analyzed descriptively according to the percentage score of the data. The responses of the interviewee were analyzed by using qualitative approach. It was found that most of the schools in Dolakha district had access of ICT tools but only fewer teachers used them due to the lack of pedagogical knowledge. Also some old teacher still believes on traditional way of teaching so they are not modified according to the today's technologies. It was found that the training organize by different institutions are only focus on providing technical knowledge related to ICT but not included pedagogical knowledge related to ICT in mathematics hence the teachers are unable integrate the ICT in teaching and learning mathematics. It was also noticed that maximum students are from the poor background so many of them have no availability of ICT tools at their home.