ICT dalam Pendidikan: Prospek dan Cabaran dalam Pembaharuan Pedagogi

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           Because the globalization age revolves around information and communication
technology (ICT), educational development should therefore place importance
on the socialisation and mastery of ICT skills among students. Changes should
be made to the teaching and learning system in the classrooms where the
constructivist method is preferred. This approach can promote enthusiasm and
encourage students to be more responsible for their learning thus inculcating
lifelong learning amongst them. A quasi experiment was conducted to see the
effect on students’ achievement of the apprentice approach (constructivist) versus
the traditional approach (behavioural) in learning computer as a subject. In
the traditional method, a step by step instruction was provided by the teacher
while in the apprentice approach the teacher’s role was that of a facilitator to
encourage students to solve problems. Students had to develop web page in
groups. The research findings show that there is a significant difference in the
students’ achievement. Students’ assignments which used the apprentice
approach are of better quality in terms of design ,layout arrangement, colour
selection, and all the links in the web page are functioning. As such, the
researchers suggest that pedagogical changes should be made consistent with
the constructivism learning theory. They should also be integrated in the inservice
teaching programs. On going and comprehensive research should also
be conducted to ascertain the effects of socialization of ICT on youths is effective
and lost lasting.


Written by ROBIAH SIDIN
                 NOR SAKINAH MOHAMAD