EXPLORING THE USE OF ICT TOOLS IN MATHEMATICS AMONG SECONDARY LEVEL PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS

The use of ICTs has been found to be effective in mathematics pedagogy, thus teacher education programmes need to prepare teachers who can effectively use technology in their mathematics teaching. This paper explores what are the various ICT tools the secondary level pre-service teachers use in their mathematics classrooms, what is the attitude of pre-service teachers towards using these and also the drawbacks of using technology as perceived by the pre-service teachers. The sample of the study consisted of 32 secondary level preservice teachers. Descriptive statistics and qualitative methods were used for analysis of the data collected through questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Findings indicate a high level of awareness of various ICT tools in mathematics but the use in classrooms is mainly limited to presentation software. Attitude towards using technology, existing technology skills, technical and administrative support, classroom management, and ICT training received as a part of their training programme affects their use of technology.