Effectiveness of ICT Integrated Pedagogy on Pre-Service Teachers' Teaching Competence in Mathematics: A Critical Review

- In this era of technological revolution, our society has been witnessing transformations in almost every aspect of human life. It therefore, has potent impact on education and on classroom teaching-learning in particular. The evolution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has brought a radical change in the entire scenario of classroom teachinglearning. The inclusion of ICT in teaching-learning process impulses the learners to be tech-savvy, the teachers to be techno-competent and the classrooms to be technology enabled. Thus, it is the demand of time that the future teachers are trained to be competent enough in techno-pedagogy so as to meet their future roles according to the needs of learners. In this context, the present study aimed to provide a critical review of the research studies those identified the effectiveness of ICT integrated pedagogy in education with special reference to pre-service teacher education and teaching mathematics. A total of 70 qualified recent studies were included in this meta-analysis. The findings suggest ICT integration generally produced a positive effect, though moderate in comparison to the traditional approaches and that was dependent on the type of technology used and subject to be taught.