Pupils’ Attitude Towards Learning Mathematics Subject in Nkasi District Primary Schools
Geofrey Mwanahanja,
Frank Tilya
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2020
Pages:
20-25
Received:
16 May 2019
Accepted:
16 April 2020
Published:
28 April 2020
Abstract: An attitude is all about emotions, beliefs, and behaviors toward a particular object, person, thing, or event. It is the result of experience. Attitude has a powerful influence over learning. The study aimed at determining attitudes of pupils towards learning mathematics, and thereupon establish possible linkages between attitudes and performance. A cross-sectional survey study was employed to answer two research questions. The questionnaires, focused group discussion, semi-structured interviews and documentary review were used to gather information from 320 pupils and 77 teachers. The descriptive statistics in contingence tabulation used to test the association of the results at 5% level of association. The findings show that the majority of pupils have positive attitude toward learning mathematics subject. Similarly, a large number of teachers have positive attitude towards pupils learning mathematics subject. Nevertheless, pupils’ attitude towards learning mathematics was not directly linked to their academic performance. Poor performance was found to be caused by poor teaching and learning environment in primary schools. In due regard, further research is needed in the same study in other districts of Tanzania for comparative reason and generalization. For the immediate action, the government should facilitate empowerment of mathematics teachers through short courses, seminars, workshops and any other professional development programmes in order to improve their ability in teaching the subject. Furthermore, teaching and learning environment should be improved for effective learning.
Abstract: An attitude is all about emotions, beliefs, and behaviors toward a particular object, person, thing, or event. It is the result of experience. Attitude has a powerful influence over learning. The study aimed at determining attitudes of pupils towards learning mathematics, and thereupon establish possible linkages between attitudes and performance. ...
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Strategies for College Teachers Development in the Era of MOOC
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2020
Pages:
26-33
Received:
17 March 2020
Accepted:
9 April 2020
Published:
14 May 2020
Abstract: The rapid popularization of "MOOC" (short for Massive Open Online Courses) around the world has brought college teachers abundant high-quality education resources and a lot of opportunities to display their talent, which has broadened their horizon on the teaching reform as well. MOOC has also brought a lot of challenges to college teacher’s academic authority and innovation ability. College teachers should not stand still or refuse to make progress. Only by following the trend of big data era, cultivating innovation consciousness, keeping life-long learning, and especially improving information literacy, can the teachers transform resource advantages of MOOC into practicable advantages in their teaching. The development of modern educational technology has a profound impact on teaching. On the one hand, it promotes the reform of teaching methods, optimizes the teaching process, improves the teaching efficiency, and changes the teaching strategies and modes. On the other hand, it also changes the learning environment, improves learning approach, and effectively promotes personalized learning. Teaching is a creative activity, in this process, whether the teacher can reasonably and creatively use modern educational technology has become one of the key factors to improve the quality of teaching. Technological disadvantage and lack of teachers’ capability will limit the development of online education. Therefore, it is necessary to further strengthen the research on the application of big data in education, and cultivate special interdisciplinary talents, so as to realize the educational ideal of “teaching students according to their aptitude” as soon as possible. Online education does have some advantages that traditional education cannot match, but we should not blindly overthrow the traditional education system or try to replace it with online education. Online education has actually incomparable advantages over traditional education, but it should be positioned as an important supplement to traditional education, because face-to-face communication between people is still playing an important part of education, and the teacher’s guidance to students is still playing a key role in teaching as well. We should not blindly pursue technology, but should adhere to the essence of education. Integration of online and offline teaching will promote the development of education.
Abstract: The rapid popularization of "MOOC" (short for Massive Open Online Courses) around the world has brought college teachers abundant high-quality education resources and a lot of opportunities to display their talent, which has broadened their horizon on the teaching reform as well. MOOC has also brought a lot of challenges to college teacher’s academ...
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