Altering the pedagogy of Caribbean teaching: Beyond the new "chalk and talk"

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dc.contributor.authorFrancis, Lovell
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-24T20:17:56Z
dc.date.available2013-06-24T20:17:56Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-24
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the Biennial Conference of The University of the West Indies Schools of Education, 23-25 April, 2013, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper attempts to assess the current trend of integrating the use of technology into the classrooms of tertiary level institutions like the University of the West Indies at St Augustine. This thrust has for example, seen the use of laptops, multimedia projectors and various other advanced paraphernalia becoming items of customary usage in the classroom. It notes, however, that while this move is generally laudable and has assisted in the effective conveyance of needed information to students, if used incorrectly it can be pedagogically flawed and easily lends itself to bad classroom practices and ineffective teaching. In delineating the aforementioned the paper also attempts to illustrate that in many circumstances instead of promoting and creating innovative and lively teaching and learning experiences, the use of technology has been concomitant with the rise of a new culture of "chalk and talk" in the classroom that is inimical to the requirements of effective teaching and learning at the tertiary level. It concludes by asserting for it to be truly meaningful the use of technology in the classroom must not be considered a "conceit" but instead must be seen as a necessary conduit of the wider well established practices of a student-centred educationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/15709
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectClassroom techniquesen_US
dc.subjectEducational technologyen_US
dc.subjectTeaching techniquesen_US
dc.subjectTechnology in educationen_US
dc.subjectThe University of the West Indies, St. Augustineen_US
dc.subjectConference papersen_US
dc.subjectTrinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.titleAltering the pedagogy of Caribbean teaching: Beyond the new "chalk and talk"en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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