Thank you for visiting PTIM.
This website originates from a research project funded by the Higher Education Commission (Mauritius) (2018-2022). The study’s guiding principle is that technology is not merely a tool for teaching and learning but serves as a Pedagogical Technological Integrated Medium (PTIM). In PTIM, students construct meaningful knowledge structures through scaffolding. PTIM integrates educators, learners, and parents through the Teacher-Parent-Learner Nexus, which fosters conceptual understanding and encourages positive attitudes in students' interactions with peers, teachers, and parents.
Lessons on this platform are multi-layered and designed to engage learners in a comprehensive manner. The approach includes:
• Testing prior knowledge through carefully crafted home activities endorsed by parents;
• Facilitating interaction between parents, learners, and teachers;
• Reviewing prior knowledge in the classroom;
• Engaging learners cognitively through diagnostic and formative assessments with immediate feedback;
• Involving students in hands-on and minds-on tasks that develop critical thinking and problem-solving (21st-century skills);
• Conducting summative assessments.
This integrated process nurtures both academic understanding and essential interpersonal and cognitive skills.
