Teaching and learning with new technology - A Tough nut to crack

Abstract

Preparing learners for the demands of the 21st century requires dedicated, innovative teachers willing to push existing boundaries. It is also about exploiting the affordances of emerging technologies to enhance teaching and learning strategies. The unique and rapid changes occurring in this field present various problems for teachers who are willing to experiment with teaching and learning, raising questions of ownership, accountability, roles and responsibilities, learning spaces and situations, patterns of interaction, strategies and theories, as well as, modes of assessment . A conceptual framework is presented that draws on tenets from socio-cultural theory, critical philosophy, emerging technology and teaching and learning theory and aims to support theory development to better our understanding of the factors influencing the pedagogical reasoning of teachers.