Levels of Information and Communication Technology integration in Mathematics teaching and learning at Junior Secondary School in Mahalapye region

Abstract

This study aims at finding out the levels of ICT deployment in Mathematics teaching and learning at Junior Secondary Schools in Mahalapye region, with the specific intent to explore the media used and how they are utilised by teachers during teaching and learning of mathematics. This was upon realisation that times are changing and ICT is at the forefront of various developments worldwide, hence the intention to carry out a study that draws a relation between the researcher’s field of work, Mathematics teaching and ICT. The study shall use a content analysis approach for data collection with interview, questionnaire and observations as the key data collection instruments. The population of the study will include all Mathematics teachers in Junior Secondary Schools in Mahalapye region. The study sample shall comprise of ten Mathematics teachers drawn from five Junior Secondary Schools in Mahalapye region. The ten teachers shall be purposively sampled. The collected data will be analysed using various techniques such as SPSS and content analysis techniques. The findings will be used to draw a conclusion on how and which media are deployed in the teaching and learning of mathematics and draw some recommendations on how ICT can be integrated in the teaching and learning of mathematics.