Developing Pre-service Teachers’ Technology Integration Competencies in Science and Mathematics Teaching: Experiences from Tanzania and Uganda
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2012
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This study investigated the ICT integration practices in pre-service
teacher education in the School of Education at Makerere University (College of
Education and External Studies) in Uganda and Dar es salaam University College
of Education (DUCE), a constituent college of the University of Dar es salaam in
Tanzania. Specifically, the study aimed at establishing ways in which ICTs were
being deployed in pre-service teacher training in the two colleges. It also
investigated the factors constraining integration of ICTs in pre-service teacher
education as perceived by the pre-service teachers and lecturers at the colleges.
Using questionnaires and interview, data were collected from both the lecturers
and final year pre-service teachers during the academic year (2009/2010). The
findings revealed that, limited access to ICTs, limited lecturers’ knowledge of
ICTs and limited use of the available ICTs affected usage of the technologies.
Thus, it emerged that there is a need to explore models situated in a more
encompassing theoretical framework like Technological Pedagogical Content
Knowledge (TPACK) so as to realise sustainable pedagogical practices in
classrooms proliferated with technology.
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TPACK, Professional development, Science education
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Kisalama, R. and Kafyulilo, A.C., 2012. Developing Pre-service Teachers’ Technology Integration Competencies in Science and Mathematics Teaching: Experiences from Tanzania and Uganda. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 3(2), pp.99-113.