Toward the Use of Technology and 21st Century Teaching-learning Approaches: The Trend of Development in Malaysian Schools within the Context of Asia Pacific

Sani Alhaji Garba,Byabazaire Yusuf,Abdul Hamid Busthami

doi:10.3991/ijet.v10i4.4717

Abstract

ICT Infrastructure and internet connectivity in educational institutions provides learners and teachers the opportunity of adopting 21st century teaching-learning methods that promotes the development of 21st century skills. The availability of internet connectivity in particular provides the platform for a shift from the use of teacher-centered pedagogy (content-based learning) to learner-centered pedagogy (inquiry and project-based learning) that is more interactive and activity oriented. But are teachers utilizing these facilities to advantage? This study investigates the use of ICT and internet resources in relation to the use of 21st century technology-based teaching-learning approaches in Malaysia and Asia Pacific context from a global perspective. Qualitative research approach was used for data collection and analysis in the study. Findings from the study show a unique unexpected changing pattern in the use of computer and internet among school teachers; and new challenges associated with the integration of ICT and the use of 21st century approaches in classroom pedagogical practices were identified. As observed in the study, despite the facilities provided; the technological competence acquired by teachers; and, the increasing use of computer and internet by teachers; the approach to teaching and learning has not change as desired.

Highlights

The global drive toward building sustainable knowledge-based society has made stakeholders of the education industry to recognize the potential need for ICT integration in education [1]
Respective government of different countries in the world over in collaboration with other stakeholders have continued to make varying efforts to provide the ICT facilities needed in schools to create the desired 21st century learning environment and the training needed by teachers to integrate the provided ICT facilities in teaching [2]
To what extent are these technologies used in classroom teaching? Is the global desire toward building 21st century learning environment getting achieved? What is the trend of development on ICT integration in schools? Answers to these questions would differ from place to place as countries adopted different strategic plans and policies in their attempt to achieve this global desire

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Introduction

The global drive toward building sustainable knowledge-based society has made stakeholders of the education industry to recognize the potential need for ICT integration in education [1] This is considered a necessary step in creating 21st century learning environment to prepare learners into becoming effective citizens of knowledge-based societies that is ICT driven. The government has over the years introduce new policies backed up with the allocation and use of huge resources to provide the infrastructure and facilities needed for ICT integration in the education sector [4] This is aimed at creating 21st century learning environment [5] in Malaysian schools and institutions of higher learning to facilitate the development of information and technological competence of learners alongside their professional development. Producing the desired citizens needed in the 21st century for sustainable development in Malaysia as member of the global community in the information age

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