MATHEMATICS TEACHERS USING INFROMATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Teacher's education stands as critical among the various issues pertaining to the integration of Information Technology (IT) into mathematics education. Remarkable improvements have indeed taken place recently both with respect to the material aspects of (IT) (hardware, management, accessibility, maintenance) and the availability of high quality of the teachers and of their pedagogical agenda. Renewed and diversified roles confront teachers in an (IT) education environment Pre-service and in-service teacher education must help all of them to modify theit attitude and develop the new competencies in mathematics, informatics and the didacties essential for them to fulfill their pedagogical mission The last two decades have witnessed a wealth of attempts aiming at integrating (IT) into mathematics education. The advent of microcomputer technology and subsequent progress both in hardware and software development have given rise to very high expectations about the impact of informatics on the teaching and learning of mathematics. Teaching and learning are first and foremost human activities, involving the teacher and the pupils as well as the interactions between them and with knowledge. Information Technology comes into play to facilitate these interactions