Teaching with Technology in African Primary Schools

By Jones Maeresera

Educational systems across Africa continue to evolve within environments shaped by curriculum reform, technological change, and diverse classroom realities. Teachers today demonstrate growing awareness of technological tools such as mobile devices, multimedia resources, and digital applications that hold clear potential to enhance teaching and learning. Yet awareness alone does not guarantee effective classroom integration. Many educators face challenges in aligning technology with pedagogical objectives, learner needs, and instructional practice. The central constraint often lies not in access, but in the technological pedagogical skills required to transform available tools into meaningful learning resources. Teaching with Technology in African Primary Schools addresses this critical gap by providing a practical, classroom-centred guide to realistic technology integration. Organised around twenty structured lessons, the book demonstrates how widely accessible tools can strengthen conceptual understanding, learner engagement, feedback processes, critical thinking, collaboration, and independent learning across subject areas. Grounded in African classroom contexts, the text emphasises resource-aware strategies that remain feasible within both technology-rich and resource-constrained environments. Each chapter links instructional design, pedagogical reasoning, and practical classroom application. This book affirms a central educational principle: effective learning depends not on technological abundance, but on thoughtful pedagogy and strategic instructional practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9999337767
• ISBN13: 9789999337762
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Eliva Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"