Attitudes of prospective high school mathematics teachers towards integrating information technologies in their future teaching

Abstract

Hundreds of papers are published nowadays arguing that computers have become anintegral part of our lives and, as such, should be integrated into educational systems aswell (Cf. Eden, Eisenberg, Fischer and Repenning, 1996; Edelson, Pea and Gomez,1996; Flake, 1996). Since such integration requires a change in teaching methods,teachers play a central role in such a transition. Of course, this is also true in regard toteaching of mathematics.There are many benefits in using computers in our math classes (Cf. Sfard andLeron, 1996). However, as it turns out, the number of high school mathematicsteachers who integrate computers into their math classes remains relatively low.This paper tries to explain why this is so, by analyzing the attitudes ofprospective high school mathematics teachers towards integration of computers intheir future math classes.