World Economic Forum Governors of ITTelecom Education Initiative

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Teachers Attitudes to the Maths E-Curricula

• Based on the results of a survey conducted by
  Rubicon on 96 teachers in four cities in Jordan,
  the teachers listed the top obstacles that they
  faced while teaching Maths in their schools
• Intensity of content in the current Maths
  curricula
• Gaps in the Maths content in all grade levels
• Level of the Maths curricula in each grade vs.
  level of students
• Lack of materials to support the delivery of the
  curricula
• Students weakness in Maths in early grades
• Unfocused teacher training to support the
  delivery of the curricula

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Teachers Attitudes to the Maths E-Curricula

• The 96 teachers in Amman, Irbid, Karak and
  Mafraq had the following suggestions to improve
  their performance in teaching Maths
• To provide appropriate materials to support the
  delivery of the curricula
• To establish an educational environment that
  allows innovation and creativity
• To adjust the Maths curricula in accordance with
  the level of the students
• To train teachers on new teaching techniques

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Teachers Attitudes to the Maths E-Curricula

• Taking into account the obstacles facing the
  teaching of Maths and the suggestions listed to
  improve performance, the 96 teachers listed their
  expectations of the Maths e-curricula, hoping
  that it will overcome the obstacles and meet
  their needs
• Displaying the curricula using interactive
  multimedia
• Availability of a glossary of terms at the end of
  each chapter
• Illustrating difficult terms using multimedia
• Using real time applications and scenarios

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Teachers Attitudes to the Maths E-CurriculaCont.

• Smooth flow of content and students' activities
• Overcoming the gaps in content vs. students
  level
• Self-paced students activities to cater for
  different abilities
• Focusing on the basics of Maths especially in
  early grades (numbers, division, multiplication,
  )
• Providing teachers with a guide or manual to
  facilitate their web-based teaching

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Discovery Schools Survey Results
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Room Availability for a Maths Lab

• To deploy the Maths e-curricula in January 2004,
  each Discovery School should have a dedicated
  Maths lab. Schools may have a room available for
  the Maths lab. For other schools, one of the
  classrooms will be chosen for transformation into
  a Maths lab, or a lab will be built if the
  schools structure permits.
• The transformation of a classroom into a lab
  will require a modification of the schools
  culture (as students and teachers will move in
  and out of classrooms) and will raise a number of
  practical management, scheduling, and policy
  issues.

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Availability of a Maths Lab

• 34 schools have no space for a Maths lab
• 63 schools have space for a Maths lab

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Number of available Maths labs in the 63 Schools

• 42 schools have 1 room available for a Maths lab
• 13 schools have 2 rooms available for a Maths lab
• 5 schools have 3 rooms available for a Maths lab
• 3 schools have 4 rooms available for a Maths lab

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Training of Maths Teachers

• The deployment of the Maths e-curricula in
  January 2004 requires that all Maths teachers are
  IT competent.
• At a basic level, Maths teachers should be ICDL
  certified. However, to ensure that they have the
  skills to integrate technology into their
  classrooms, all Maths teachers should be trained
  on either INTEL Teach to the Future or World
  Links training programs before January 2004.

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Number of Maths Teachers (Grades 4-12)

• 12 schools have 1 Maths teacher
• 19 schools have 2 Maths teachers
• 17 schools have 3 Maths teachers
• 18 schools have 4 Maths teachers
• 20 schools have 5 Maths teachers
• 7 schools have 6 Maths teachers
• 2 schools have 7 Maths teachers
• 1 school has 8 Maths teachers
• 1 school had no response
• Average number of Maths Teachers/ school 3.5

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Current ICDL Training Status of Maths Teachers in
the 63 Schools

• 122 out of 207 Maths teachers are ICDL trained
• 85 out of 207 Maths teachers are not ICDL trained

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Current INTEL Training Status of Maths Teachers
in the 63 Schools

• 14 out of 207 are INTEL trained
• 193 out of 207 are not INTEL trained

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Current World Links Training Status of Maths
Teachers in the 63 Schools

• 3 out of 207 Maths teachers are World Links
  trained
• 204 out of 207 Maths teachers are not World Links
  trained

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Current ICDL Training Status of Maths Teachers in
the 34 Schools

• 57 out of 109 Maths teachers are ICDL trained
• 52 out of 109 Maths teachers are not ICDL trained

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Current INTEL Training Status of Maths Teachers
in the 34 Schools

• 5 out of 109 Maths teachers are INTEL trained
• 104 out of 109 Maths teachers are not INTEL
  trained

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Current World Links Training Status of Maths
Teachers in the 34 Schools

• None of the Maths teachers in the 34 Discovery
  Schools are World Links trained.