Title
The issues and challenges in integrating
ICT in teaching and learning in Malaysian schools.
Objectives
ü To
know the applications of ICT in education.
ü To
find and describe the issues and challenges in integrating ICT in teaching and
learning.
ü To
find the best ways of solutions for faced the challengers and the issues.
Introduction
Malaysia is one of the countries that
having a rapid changes in development in many sectors especially in
technologies. Government had introduced a new way for education system to
compete with others advanced countries in order getting fast and new
information. The 21st century teachers have been possessed by ICT’s
challenges for them to equip themselves with creativity and competence in using
technology in classroom for interactive learning.
Government had did a
well-planned planner to provide an
successful environment of
integrating ICT in teaching and learning and as they have recognised the positive impacts of ICT in education as it is enable the
students, especially to be critical
thinker as searching for new information in a fast-moving world. Thus, the Ministry of Education, who is responsible
for the education system has invested a huge
effort in terms of funding and training in order to equip teachers and students with ICT skills, since it is one
of the critical enabler of knowledge-based economy. But, in order to fully-fill the needed, some issues and
challenges need to be faced in
integrating ICT in teaching and learning in Malaysian’s schools.
Problem statement
The issues are confidence level of teachers,
students skills and others, and the challenges are pedagogical
practice, the appropriate rooms and buildings available to house the technology’s
equipment are needed, technical supports and misused facilities by students, and the solutions are sending the teachers to attend an ICT course, compulsory
uses of ICT equipments and blocking certain website.
Discussion
The issues
There are lots of
issues in integrating ICT in teaching and learning, firstly, lacks of teacher
confidence since their knowledge and skills is limited to use ICT technology. Suggestion of adopting very innovative teaching techniques
such as using ICT, yet it is threatening this orderly pattern and not desirable.
There is a genuine fear amongst many teachers about ICT and scepticism of its
value to their pupils.
Next is insufficient ICT resources in the school or there is not
enough time to review and plan lessons incorporating their use. Other than
that, are unused equipments such as CD-ROM and
computers due to teacher’s attitudes, or some others
reasons, which teachers need to maintain order in the classroom and controlled
learning environment and has no time to use the equipment in teaching and
wasting the time of teaching and learning in the class.
The
next issue is the student’s skills. It will be no problem for students who are
in urban area, but it is a problem to rural students since they are never exposed
to the computer before as the skills to use it and will affected the student’s
motivation to study and the class environment no longer enjoyable.
Then,
parents roles. Today's generation should be exposed to the facilities and
technology that available in ICT and need guide and control from the parents to
avoid children log on inappropriate website like pornography.
The challenges
There also a lot of
challenges that needs to be faced off in integrating ICT in teaching and learning.
One of the challenges is due to integrate ICT into pedagogical practice because
teachers need to consider whether the traditional practise can be applied into
ICT. Next, the appropriate rooms and buildings available to house the technology’s
equipment are needed and the internet access needs to be excellent so that
students can easily use it whether in rural or urban area. Next are technical
supports. When system is down or the equipments are not function, it needs to
be handled by someone who is profesional on this subject, but, it will be highly
cost for government to employee them. Next, misused facilities by students,
which they are using the internet access for others, not for their subjects.
The Solutions
There are some
solutions for overcome the issues and the challenges for better integrating ICT
in teaching and learning. First, by sending the teachers to attend an ICT
course. Next is, compulsory uses of ICT equipments by the teachers or else
action will be taken. Next is, by blocking certain website such as facebook,
others during school times.
Conclusion
There
are many issues and challenges in integrating ICT in learning and teaching.
Thus, the best solutions need to be taken to make the ICT in learning and
teaching not longer problematic but the best way to enhance the Malaysia education.
Reference(s)
What is
ict education and why is it important? Taken on 29 September 2012 from http://www.mpict.org/ict_education_defined_importance.html
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