Introduction
PART ONE According to Ehrman, ‘teaching and learning is our core business which is changing students’ knowledge, aptitudes, abilities and attitudes, and everything else must add value to it.’ Changing students’ knowledge, aptitudes, abilities and attitudes is like changing a Lizard into a Butterfly. And if teaching and learning is the key for such a transformation, then it is possible. However, it is a very complex task. Getting children to metamorphose from one status of intellect to another, through teaching and learning involve several procedures, theories and principles that must be followed over a long period of time. Conventional teaching practices, with outmoded pedagogy, have not been able to develop the learner's mind as it is supposed to. The introduction of technology into schools across the world, have transformed teaching and learning rapidly. It has also made students more proactive than passive. Today's rapid advancement and technological development have opened up a new and exciting world that, just a few years ago, seemed unimaginable. With the click of a mouse, technology continues to change the way we live, learn, work and interact each and every day. (Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia. (HMEF 5083 Course Manual, chapter 3).
Discussion
hmmm!!!..........what can i say?...very insightful...this article should be published in the dailies or the Minister of Education. We all have to be abreast with ICT to make Ghana a better place like that of the developed countries
ReplyDeleteThe real issues that our political leaders must be addressing are all here in this piece you have done. I agree totally with you that the salient issue is not about training of basic school teachers in ICT skills but rather finding a way to comprehensively integrate this whole business of ICT into the school system, thereby making it relevant, rather as "add-on" in the educational system.
ReplyDeleteWe as a nation indeed have a lot to learn from Malaysis for many reasons- including the fact that we were at the same start point in the early 60s.
I hope those who matter are taking note of the ideas you and many others who love this nation are putting out.
Kudos, sir.
I think, some specific institutions in Ghana responsible for development of scientific and technological capabilities, research and development and the provision of essential services such as Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology (KNUST),Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, the public and private Institutions and the Kofi Annan Centre for Information and Communication Technology need to be strengthened and be focussed so that they will be up and doing in the selling of ICT opportunities and creating the necessary awareness among the citizenry.
ReplyDeleteSo why then do some lecturers in our educational setting complain about students use of computers during lectures...let me guess. Is it because they don't have them or better still they feel to simple to carry them to lectures?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Emmanuel.We always talk about entering into an information and knowledge society, yet some lecturers complain about the use of computers during lectures.When we use computers to make work easier,we are branded "lazy people".Are work done suppose to be difficult?Something must be done to change that cultural mindset of our people.
ReplyDeleteIndeed ICT is the foundation of every information society therefore i hope that those in authority has received your message and are planning to put into practice.
Mr.Gyau, we appreciate the good work you are doing,we shall also follow your footsteps.
i think it will be a big step to fight against digital divide in the country since we are living in world of ICT. It will also help in rapid development of our beloved Nation GHANA.i think i will edge the government of NDC to keep on doing the good things.TOMBS UP
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