Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education

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Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Ana
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Vale, Isabel
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/3611
Resumo: This paper refers to a study that aims to understand the perceptions of pre-service teachers about the use of digital technology in outdoor mathematics. We followed a qualitative, interpretative approach and collected data through participant observation, questionnaires and photographic records. The participants were forty-eight pre-service teachers, that were enrolled in a Didactics of Mathematics unit course, and they used the MathCityMap app to do a math trail in the city of Viana do Castelo. Results show that they valued the experience, having the possibility to solve realistic problems, developing cooperative work, critical thinking and establishing mathematical connections. They found the app to be user friendly and motivating, mentioning its contribution for students’ engagement through active learning, spatial orientation, autonomy and being more interactive than the paper version. As for limitations, the participants highlighted the possible lack of access to Wi-Fi; the fact that students of younger ages normally do not have smartphones; and, in terms of the tasks, the limitation of the answer formats to either a value or multiple choice.
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spelling Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher educationDigital technologyMath trailsSTEM educationTeacher trainingThis paper refers to a study that aims to understand the perceptions of pre-service teachers about the use of digital technology in outdoor mathematics. We followed a qualitative, interpretative approach and collected data through participant observation, questionnaires and photographic records. The participants were forty-eight pre-service teachers, that were enrolled in a Didactics of Mathematics unit course, and they used the MathCityMap app to do a math trail in the city of Viana do Castelo. Results show that they valued the experience, having the possibility to solve realistic problems, developing cooperative work, critical thinking and establishing mathematical connections. They found the app to be user friendly and motivating, mentioning its contribution for students’ engagement through active learning, spatial orientation, autonomy and being more interactive than the paper version. As for limitations, the participants highlighted the possible lack of access to Wi-Fi; the fact that students of younger ages normally do not have smartphones; and, in terms of the tasks, the limitation of the answer formats to either a value or multiple choice.Springer International Publishing2023-10-31T16:18:08Z2021-01-01T00:00:00Z20212022-11-16T18:11:11Zconference objectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/3611eng978303073987497830307398811865-09291865-093710.1007/978-3-030-73988-1_3metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBarbosa, AnaVale, Isabelreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-04-11T08:08:30Zoai:repositorio.ipvc.pt:20.500.11960/3611Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-04-11T08:08:30Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education
spellingShingle Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education
Barbosa, Ana
Digital technology
Math trails
STEM education
Teacher training
title_short Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education
title_full Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education
title_fullStr Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education
title_sort Exploring the potential of the outdoors with digital technology in teacher education
author Barbosa, Ana
author_facet Barbosa, Ana
Vale, Isabel
author_role author
author2 Vale, Isabel
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barbosa, Ana
Vale, Isabel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Digital technology
Math trails
STEM education
Teacher training
topic Digital technology
Math trails
STEM education
Teacher training
description This paper refers to a study that aims to understand the perceptions of pre-service teachers about the use of digital technology in outdoor mathematics. We followed a qualitative, interpretative approach and collected data through participant observation, questionnaires and photographic records. The participants were forty-eight pre-service teachers, that were enrolled in a Didactics of Mathematics unit course, and they used the MathCityMap app to do a math trail in the city of Viana do Castelo. Results show that they valued the experience, having the possibility to solve realistic problems, developing cooperative work, critical thinking and establishing mathematical connections. They found the app to be user friendly and motivating, mentioning its contribution for students’ engagement through active learning, spatial orientation, autonomy and being more interactive than the paper version. As for limitations, the participants highlighted the possible lack of access to Wi-Fi; the fact that students of younger ages normally do not have smartphones; and, in terms of the tasks, the limitation of the answer formats to either a value or multiple choice.
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