Research on Using Educational Technology in Primary School Teaching and Learning

Abstract

The traditional teaching method has many disadvantages, such as a lack of interactivity, a lack of student focus, and a lack of emphasis on critical thinking. To overcome these disadvantages, educational technology has been one of the most frequently used methods for teachers to conduct teaching activities, for example, updating the teaching method and revising the teaching syllabus. This research aims to study the need for educational technologies in education and identify the role of educational technology applications in primary schools. This study uses a mixed research method (i.e., questionnaires and semi-structured interviews) to collect and analyze data, which adopts Fereshteh et al.'s scale as the framework and revise several questions based on the context of this study. The research involves 400 pupils in sixth grade at primary schools and 20 teachers from different schools in Shanghai, China. We can conclude from the experiment that educational technology not only meets the needs of students and teachers in the learning and teaching process, but it has also played an auxiliary role in primary school teaching, where it has been effectively used in classroom teaching warm-ups, content enrichment, teacher reflection, and other elements.