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PB One Size Does Not Fit All Tailored ICT Strategies for Rural Mathematics Education 10.06 MK 003 1

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This document is a June 2024 policy brief titled “One-Size Does Not Fit All: Tailored ICT Strategies for Rural Mathematics Education.” It discusses barriers to integrating ICT into mathematics teaching in South Africa’s rural schools, including inadequate infrastructure, limited ICT and mathematics-specific training, lack of qualified IT technicians, unreliable electricity, and language barriers because many software resources are in English. Based on exploratory case studies in the Nama Khoi Municipality (Northern Cape), it recommends revising how ICT infrastructure is allocated to schools, providing IT technicians or training, offering specialised ICT training for mathematics educators, and developing culturally and linguistically relevant mathematics ICT resources via an accessible database. The study is funded by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) under Project number LWACAA.

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Northern Cape

Reference

https://hsrc.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PB-One-Size-Does-Not-Fit-All-Tailored-ICT-Strategies-for-Rural-Mathematics-Education-10.06-MK-003-1.pdf

Key Takeaways

  • Title: One-Size Does Not Fit All: Tailored ICT Strategies for Rural Mathematics Education
  • Date: June 2024
  • Authors: Petronella Elize Saal and Sylvia Hannan
  • Study location: Nama Khoi Municipality, Northern Cape
  • Case study participants: 30 mathematics educators and 9 principals from 6 primary and 4 secondary schools
  • Key evidence cited: 66% of schools did not have a computer centre (EFMS 2023); <10% of learners taught by math educators with computers available (TIMSS)
  • Recommendations: revise ICT infrastructure distribution standards; provide qualified IT technicians or train staff; specialised ICT training for mathematics educators; develop multilingual/culturally relevant ICT resources and an accessible database
  • Funding: HSRC Project number LWACAA
  • Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
  • Petronella Elize Saal
  • Sylvia Hannan
  • Nama Khoi Municipality
  • Northern Cape province
  • Education Facility Management System (EFMS)
  • Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
  • South African National Development Plan (NDP)
  • 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
  • 2004 White Paper on e-Education in South Africa

Dates

Opening Date

1 January 2024