How Do Pre-/In-Service Mathematics Teachers Reason for or against the Use of Digital Technology in Teaching?

Peter Gonscherowski and Benjamin Rott
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Peter Gonscherowski: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln, Germany
Benjamin Rott: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln, Germany

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 13, 1-23

Abstract: The role and the availability of digital technology in society is growing, which is why educators need to increasingly more often decide which types of digital technology to integrate into their teaching and when to integrate them. Thus, those decision-making skills need to be developed and measured especially for pre-service mathematics teachers. Therefore, we conducted an explorative interview study to understand the portfolio of argumentation on whether to use digital technology in different teaching phases and what criteria are used when making those decisions. Our results are based on ten interviews with pre- and in-service mathematics teachers in Germany. The analysis shows that (1) different levels of argumentation can be distinguished and (2) there are indications that teachers need to be aware of digital technology when deciding whether or not to use digital technology in a teaching setting. In addition, (3) besides the teaching-phase perspective and the learner-perspective, we expanded current research by formalizing the educator-perspective in a list of decision criteria. The compiled list of decision criteria was theoretically validated through the literature. In combination with the applied teaching phase framework and taxonomy of digital technology the list could aid in the development of the decision-making skills and potentially could result in a more reflective use of digital technology by pre-service and in-service teachers.

Keywords: digital competencies; pre-service teachers; student teacher evaluation; technological advancement; decision-making skills; mathematics teacher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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