This is my comment on the TEC blog post entitled “Learning Theories in a Digital Era”. As a student teacher, I think that changes in the education system have a huge impact on teaching and learning with advantages and disadvantages to some part of our country. one of the disadvantages can be that, due to the underdevelopment in South Africa which affects many black South African`s public schools; where teaching does not take place effectively because of poor infrastructure, lack of services and incompetent teachers. It becomes hard for teachers that fail in teaching basic skills such as reading and writing which learners need to interact with ICT to adapt to the newly introduced education system and integration of learning theories. Also the lack of services in South African schools makes it a big challenge to use ICT in our education system. The advantages for a change in the education helps in modernising of our education system and gives learners education that will make them competent with today`s changing life.

Some school have already started using electronic divices for teaching.

Apart from which method of teaching is used in different schools, it is best that educators find a way to evolve themselves to be competent and effective. These can be done by finding a way to teach best by using different teaching methods. Teachers should critical analyse the environment in which their leaners live in and use the learning theories as a tool to unlock the learners` potential. This system should also be introduced in elementary schools so that learners can acquire computer skills at an early age.  Even though there are many learning theories that directs and guides teachers on how to approach teaching, it is not possible that a teacher may master all the learning theories, so teachers should find the one that will be more effective for their teaching as different theories focuses on different learning domains as some may have impact on cognitive development or other domains. The use of ICT can also take place even when there are no expansive facilities, by this my point is that even though some schools do not have campus and projectors they can also take advantage of the use of watts app witch most are using to communicate when having problems with assessments or home works and this will help the learners and teachers to get use in this communication system.

As a student at TEC Siyabuswa campus I would prefer the constructivism theory to my teaching because it touches various development areas such social, cognitive and it involves experiential learning. In conclusion, it is necessary for all teachers and student teachers to commit themselves to develop computer skills to be competent with the newly introduced education system.

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