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Mobile Smartphones as Tools for ICT Integration in Geography Teaching
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Bongumusa Welcome Selby Gubevu
Bongumusa Welcome Selby Gubevu
Dr. Bongumusa Welcome Selby Gubevu received his doctoral degree in Philosophy of Education at the of [...]
Dr. Bongumusa Welcome Selby Gubevu received his doctoral degree in Philosophy of Education at the University of Forthare in 2022, and is now pursuing his postgraduate studies as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Forthare. He worked as an educator at Celumusa Secondary School from 1994 to December of 1999. In the year 2000, he moved to Ndlangamandla Secondary and was promoted to serve as a departmental head for humanities. In the year 2001, he was promoted to serve as deputy principal at Ndlangamandla Secondary until December 2007. In January 2008, he was promoted to serve as principal of Ndlangamandla Secondary until the 31st of August 2022. On the 1st of September 2022, he started serving as principal of Sekusile Secondary School in Newcastle, in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. He served as principal of Sekusile until the 31st of May 2023. On the 1st of June 2023, he started serving as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Forthare and remains there today. His research topics mainly include ICT in education, ICT integration in the teaching of geography, artificial intelligence in education, smart pedagogy, school governance, democracy in education, online learning in war-torn and disaster-stricken areas, inclusive and sustainable education, and educational leadership and management.
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Vusumzi Sthembiso Mncube
Vusumzi Sthembiso Mncube
Department of Education, University of Forthare, Alice 5700, South Africa
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Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(9), 930; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090930 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 26 June 2024
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Revised: 12 August 2024
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Accepted: 21 August 2024
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Published: 23 August 2024
Abstract
This article seeks to reflect on the opportunities that mobile smartphones (MSPs) present as ICT integration tools in teaching geography. The more extensive study, underpinned by the Professional Development Framework for Digital Learning (PDFDL) in ICT integration, employed a qualitative research approach. Lensed by the Professional Development Framework for Digital Learning (PDFDL), the article used the qualitative approach to garner insights from the participants regarding using MSPs as tools to integrate ICT in geography teaching. Data collection tools included interviews, observations, and document reviews. Researchers sampled (n = 4) schools, interviewed and observed (n = 13) teachers, and interviewed (n = 10) learners and (n = 8) parents in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, they used a purposive sampling technique to access the participants, basing the research on the premise that MSPs promote virtual reality for an array of learners. As the findings revealed, although some participants viewed the use of MSPs as a distractor in the learning space, teachers felt compelled to heed the call to modify their teaching pedagogies, such that they integrated mobile phones fruitfully in their teaching. The findings further revealed that such a paradigm shift would benefit homeschooling and facilitate a dual teaching mode at learning institutions. Curriculum planners are responsible for helping teachers accept that uncertainty is the only certainty about the future, considering the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and augmentation (VUCA) challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Extended lockdown periods accelerated the use of MSPs in teaching, requiring every stakeholder in the educational space to become a life-long learner by using a range of technologies and platforms.
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Gubevu, B.W.S.; Mncube, V.S.
Mobile Smartphones as Tools for ICT Integration in Geography Teaching. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 930.
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090930
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Gubevu BWS, Mncube VS.
Mobile Smartphones as Tools for ICT Integration in Geography Teaching. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(9):930.
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090930
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Gubevu, Bongumusa Welcome Selby, and Vusumzi Sthembiso Mncube.
2024. "Mobile Smartphones as Tools for ICT Integration in Geography Teaching" Education Sciences 14, no. 9: 930.
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090930
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