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Jantjies, Mmaki and Joy, Mike (2016) Lessons learnt from teachers' perspectives on mobile learning in South Africa with cultural and linguistic constraints. South African Journal of Education, 36 (3). pp. 1-10. 1274. doi:10.15700/saje.v36n3a1274 ISSN 0256-0100.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15700/saje.v36n3a1274
Abstract
South Africa’s classrooms are characterized by a wide variety of cultural and linguistic differences, providing teachers with educational challenges, particularly in mathematics and science subjects. In response, various mobile learning systems have been developed and piloted in the North West and Gauteng Provinces of South Africa. A framework has been proposed to support the development of similar technologies to be used in multilingual contexts. This paper evaluates teachers’ perspectives on this framework using interviews with eight teachers from a mixture of urban and rural schools in various locations across the two provinces. The results of the study reflect the important roles that language and culture play in the technology needed to support learning in linguistically diverse schools. They highlight the challenges that teachers in schools face in diversely linguistic classrooms and how technology can be used to enhance such classrooms.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Blended learning -- South Africa, Multilingualism -- South Africa, Teachers -- South Africa, High schools, Setswana, Mobile communication systems in education | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | South African Journal of Education | ||||||
| Publisher: | Foundation for Education Science and Technology | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0256-0100 | ||||||
| Official Date: | August 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 36 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-10 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 1274 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.15700/saje.v36n3a1274 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 August 2016 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 September 2016 | ||||||
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