The Academic Events Group, 9th World Conference on Educational Sciences

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Mathematics teachers’ beliefs about using smart board: A comparison study between Iran and Malaysia
mahdieh mirian

Last modified: 2016-11-04

Abstract


With the advent of ICT, the information society has brought changes in education. Recently using technology in the classroom is constantly increasing and evolving, and it is important as part of the students’ education to prepare them for the future. However, many teachers are still in the process of consideration about whether to use it. The purpose of this study is to investigate the beliefs of Malaysian and Iranian mathematics teachers about use of smart board in the classroom at the secondary level. The sample of this study consisted of 25 mathematics teachers from10 secondary schools in Malaysia and 35 mathematics teachers from 10 secondary schools in Iran. The participants who have knowledge of and experience using smart board were invited to fill out an online survey. Quantitative data indicated that there are statistically significant differences in teachers’ intention to use smart board in mathematics classroom between two countries. Results might enable teacher educators to devise strategies to strengthen the intention to use smart board at the teacher-training stage.

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