Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(10), pp. 4692 - 4699
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081038
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Examining Indonesian Secondary School Mathematics Teachers' Instructional Practice in the Integration of Technology

Mailizar Mailizar ^1,*, Lianghuo Fan ^2,3
1 Department of Mathematics Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia
² Asian Centre for Mathematics Education, East China Normal University, China
³ Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

ABSTRACT

The Indonesian secondary school mathematics curriculum advocates the use of technology in teaching and learning of mathematics. The previous studies paid less attention to what type of digital tools that the teachers used and how they integrated them in the mathematics teaching. This study aimed at investigating Indonesian secondary school mathematics teachers' instructional practices in the integration of digital technology in classrooms and examined differences in teachers' instructional practice according to their background. It employed a quantitative approach whereby were collected through a questionnaire survey. The data were gathered from 341 mathematics teachers in 93 secondary schools. This study suggested that the integration of digital technology has emerged in Indonesian secondary school mathematics classrooms. However, it was also found that most of the teachers did not use the technology in constructive ways. The result also revealed that female teachers have better instructional practices in the use of digital technology than male teachers. In addition, teachers' levels of education play an important role on their instructional practices with digital technologies. This study suggests that it needs a radical improvement of the integration of technology in Indonesian secondary school mathematics classrooms in order to achieve the curriculum objective. Therefore, further research and development on this issue is needed in the country.

KEYWORDS
ICT in Teaching, Teacher Classroom Practice, Indonesian Mathematics Education, Technology in the Mathematics Classroom

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Mailizar Mailizar , Lianghuo Fan , "Examining Indonesian Secondary School Mathematics Teachers' Instructional Practice in the Integration of Technology," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 4692 - 4699, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081038.

(b). APA Format:
Mailizar Mailizar , Lianghuo Fan (2020). Examining Indonesian Secondary School Mathematics Teachers' Instructional Practice in the Integration of Technology. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(10), 4692 - 4699. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081038.