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The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design

Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2009.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26186 The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design Cronje, Johannes Christoffel Miller, Pamela Ann tony@ortsa.org.za Williams, Anthony Marlon Information communication technology Instructivism Ict Learning community Objectivism Pedagogical dimensions Pedagogically well-designed software Pedagogical philosophy Computer-learning environment Computer-integrated lesson Computer-mediated software Constructivism Cooperative learning Epistemology UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2009. The aim of the research was to investigate the relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson. South Africa has recently changed their education system from that of content-based to that of outcomes-based. With these changes came the introduction of e-Education. The Government e-Education goal is that every South African learner in the general and further education and training bands will be ICT (Information and Communication Technology) capable by 2013. Educators are expected to facilitate these classes without having being trained as facilitators in a computer environment. Most educators’ follow an instructivist mode of teaching and the researcher decided to do a case study at a school in the Western Cape to investigate the role of an educator in a computer environment. The researcher also wrote the computer-mediated software for the educator to use in his lesson. The software was written for a lesson on Physical Science which was not the field of study of the educator. The educator, however, is a computer technician. These issues raised questions as to what the methodology of teaching of this educator would be, how would the learners interact with the facilitator and the content and to what degree learning would take place with regards to transfer of skills and knowledge. From the literature survey the researcher compiled a checklist of what the role of an educator in a computer environment should be whereby the educator was assessed. A questionnaire was compiled whereby the learners evaluated the software that was used for this computer integrated lesson. The learners had to write a pre- and post-test to determine whether content was transferred in this lesson and they were asked to perform a practical experiment to determine their skills. This dissertation shows how good facilitation, coupled with pedagogically well-designed software and good learner participation leads to a successful learning community. Copyright Curriculum Studies unrestricted 2013-09-07T03:42:01Z 2009-07-13 2013-09-07T03:42:01Z 2009-04-20 2009-07-13 2009-07-10 Dissertation retoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria Please cite as follows Williams, AM 2008, The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26186 > E1330/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26186 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07102009-135058/ © 2008, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria Please cite as follows Williams, AM 2008, The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07102009-135058/ > E1330/ application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Information communication technology
Instructivism
Ict
Learning community
Objectivism
Pedagogical dimensions
Pedagogically well-designed software
Pedagogical philosophy
Computer-learning environment
Computer-integrated lesson
Computer-mediated software
Constructivism
Cooperative learning
Epistemology
UCTD
The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design
title The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design
title_full The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design
title_fullStr The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design
title_short The relationship between facilitation, computer software and the learner in teaching a computer-integrated lesson : an experimental design
title_sort relationship between facilitation computer software and the learner in teaching a computer integrated lesson an experimental design
topic Information communication technology
Instructivism
Ict
Learning community
Objectivism
Pedagogical dimensions
Pedagogically well-designed software
Pedagogical philosophy
Computer-learning environment
Computer-integrated lesson
Computer-mediated software
Constructivism
Cooperative learning
Epistemology
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26186
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07102009-135058/