PANDANGAN MAHASISWA: PENTINGNYA KEMAMPUAN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) BAGI CALON GURU MATEMATIKA

Abstract

The demands of education in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era require teachers to adapt to the development of digital technology. Capability in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an important thing that must be mastered. The purpose of this study was to show the views of pre-service mathematics teacher students on the importance of ICT ability in making an ICT-based learning media. This research is a quantitative descriptive study conducted at a university in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The subjects were 146 second-year students who had attended the Mathematics Learning Media Development course. Subjects were given a questionnaire about ICT ability and ICT-based learning media. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The results showed that 78.1% of students were interested in deepening their ability to make ICT-based learning media. Students have the view that it is very important for prospective mathematics teachers to master the field of ICT so that they can make learning interesting, not monotonous, and can eliminate students' negative perceptions of mathematics.