Pre-service teachers’ use of educational applications during work-integrated learning in south African primary schools

Makobo Mogale () and Thuthukile Jita ()

Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 2025, vol. 9, issue 4, 3072-3081

Abstract: Mobile technology has evolved and become accessible to classroom learning. Responding to digitalization in higher education institutions, using educational applications has become inevitable and crucial to prepare students for a dynamic world in which technology takes center stage. The 2015 university disruptions caused by the #FeesMustFall protests and the recent outbreak of Covid-19 shed light on the need to strengthen technological educational systems. This paper uses the Technology Acceptance Model as a theoretical lens to explore pre-service teachers' use of educational apps during their teaching practicum, referred to as work-integrated learning (WIL). The study is placed within an interpretive paradigm and is qualitative in nature. Data were collected through interviews with nine pre-service teachers doing WIL in three primary schools and analyzed thematically. The study makes a significant contribution to the scholarship of digital transformation in teacher education programs. Furthermore, it ascertains the possibilities and challenges of increased digital transformation affordances in teaching–learning strategies and pre-service teachers’ classroom practices during WIL.

Keywords: Educational applications; Mentor teachers; Pre-service teachers; Work-integrated learning. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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