A STUDY ON THE USE OF ICT IN PRE SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION IN DELHI

Abstract

In using technology in the classrooms, the efficiency of the teachers is directly proportional to the outcomes it follows. In the present study, the researcher tried to study the impact of ICT on the achievement level (in Mathematics Education) of elementary teacher trainees in Delhi and their opinions about using ICT in the classroom. The elementary teacher trainees of Delhi were the sample population for the current study. The opinions from various teacher educators, parents and teacher trainees were collected. The qualitative and quantitative data collected from different stakeholders were analysed and synthesised. It was found that the learning of all trainees was improved through the use of ICT in the classroom. However, the high achievers were more benefited than the low achievers.

Moreover, trainees think that the use of technology in their classrooms has a positive impact on their academic scores, and they find learning easy with the use of technology. Trainees did not accept the positive role of technology in the learning of co-curricular subjects. Further, trainees with better technological infrastructure availablein institutes performed better on achievement tests. Despite having better technological infrastructure, trainees do not like the idea of total dependency on ICT with the 'no teacher in class’ method. They preferred and voted for the active role of educators in the classrooms.However, parents (mainly mother) consider that ICT has a positive impact on trainees’ learning. The interviews with teacher educators concluded that the trainees' basic writing, reading, calculating etc., were improved significantly by using ICT. However, they refused to accept any pedagogical advantage of using computers/overhead projectors in the teacher training programme.