Exploring the Effects of Information and Communication Technology as a Pedagogy for Teaching Business Studies in Grade 10 in the Lejweleputswa Education District, South Africa
Masilo Pule David Mashabe 
& Motalenyane Alfred Modise
Issue: Vol.5 No.16 Issue Article 9 pp.2801-2809
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245169 | Published online 18th December, 2024
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This research explored the effect of Information and Communication Technology as a pedagogy for teaching Business Studies in Grade 10. The participants were educators from three high schools in the Lejweleputswa Education District, from the Free State province, South Africa. However, they revealed that the adoption of ICT needs diverse development in terms of curriculum, educators’ training and development, assessment strategies, educators’ competence and various forms of teaching strategies. Thematic analysis revealed that ICT has a great and positive effect as a pedagogy because educators will be able to explain and transmit content knowledge to learners to meet the curriculum goals and objectives. This research recommends that, in order to declare the use of ICT as a pedagogy for teaching Grade 10 Business Studies in Lejweleputswa Education District. Educators need to be competent. Training and development need to be done as a commitment to advance learners with skills set for being future business people. The seeks to offer strategies for the Department of Basic Education (DBE) at the provincial, regional and district levels to be consistent and effective in supplying ICT apparatus across the province to ensure quality of education and sufficient transfer of skills. It should be acknowledged that the goal of ICT in schools is to inculcate learners with technological skills in order to mend and respond to the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) as well as Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Keywords: Information and Communication Technology, The Effect of ICT, Pedagogy, Teaching, Business Studies
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Prof. Motalenyane Alfred Modise is an Associate Professor at Central University of Technology (CUT) in Free State Province, former Departmental Manager, former Acting Assistant Dean: Teaching and Learning, former Acting Senior Director of research Development Support and PG Studies and currently Assistant Dean: Research ,Innovation and Engagement at CUT, Free State Province. His research interests include accounting, transformation and change, pre-service teachers’ development, pedagogical content knowledge. He is the member of the following committees: Member of Senate, Title Registration Committee, Faculty research committee Faculty board member, University Research & Innovation committee Research Forum, Ethical Committee, Promotion committee, Community engagement committee, international committee, Deputy President of Southern African Society in Education (SASE). He has proven himself as a scholar by presenting papers in the national, international conferences. He has published papers in different Journals and supervised masters and PhD students. He received funding for different projects from different stakeholders.
Masilo Pule David Mashabe holds honours from Central University of Technology in the Free State Province of South Africa and works as a Full-time Lecturer of Economics and Management Sciences, Communication in English and Business Studies at Free State Community Education and Training College in the Free State Province of South Africa. Masilo Pule David Mashabe is presently pursuing a Master’s Degree in education at Central University of Technology Free State of South Africa. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and teaching learners about entrepreneurship and He is an enthusiastic researcher who is eager to learn from others and a bright future scholar. He submitted three publications to various journals and gave lectures at both national and international conferences.
Mashabe, Masilo Pule David & Motalenyane Alfred Modise. “Exploring the Effects of Information and Communication Technology as a Pedagogy for Teaching Business Studies in Grade 10 in the Lejweleputswa Education District, South Africa,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 5, no.16 (2024):2801-2809. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245169
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