Implementation of Digital Technologies into Pre-Service Mathematics Teacher Preparation

• Main Author: Mária Slavíčková
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
• Series: Mathematics
• Subjects: preservice mathematics teachers; digital technology; calculus; financial mathematics
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/12/1319

This paper presents a long-term study of Preservice Mathematics Teachers (PMTs) at the Faculty of mathematics, physics and informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava (FMFI UK), focusing on the implementation of digital technologies (DT) into the teaching of theoretical and practical (or applied) subjects. We conducted parallel research into two aspects, one on Calculus lessons as a theoretical subject, another on the Financial Mathematics module as an applied subject. The implementation of DT and the way this was measured varied from year to year and also in the method of implementation into the aforementioned subjects. The methods of implementation and the results are briefly described, and a comparison of these two subjects in the PMTs’ preparation is also discussed.