Are Future Teachers Methodically Trained to Distinguish Good from Bad Educational Software?

• Authors: Karmelita Pjanić , Jasna Hamzabegović
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the era of information technology and general digitization of society, invasion of every kind of software is evident. No matter how laudable is the existence and development of educational software, taking into account its role, its quality and whether it achieves the desired goal is very important. In addition to programming experts it is necessary to include educational experts in certain fields when developing educational software. Those who should take an active part and be able to distinguish good from bad educational software are certainly teachers. Especially as they should be the most competent persons from which parents will seek the advice and opinion when searching for appropriate educational software.

Keywords

EN

educational software; mathematics education; pre-service teachers

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Practice and Theory in Systems of Education
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 36-44

Dates

published

2016-02-01

received

2015-06-09

accepted

2015-10-30

online

2016-08-19

Contributors

author

Karmelita Pjanić

• University of Bihać, Luke Marjanovića b.b. Bihać, Bosnia and Hercegovina

author

Jasna Hamzabegović

• University of Bihać, Luke Marjanovića b.b. Bihać, Bosnia and Hercegovina

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ptse-2016-0005