DEDI CATION This work is dedicated first to God almighty for His inspiration and to my dearest mother Mrs. Aguh Grace Afor of blessed memory ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This work will never be a success without the collaborative support of my supervisor, Dr.Fouda Marcel for his criticisms, encouragement, remarks that gave this work a sense of direction All the

CHAPTER5: PRESENTATION OF PEDAGOGIC PROJECT (THE SOFTWARE SOLAR SYSTEM SIMULATOR FOR VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHY LABORATORY) 5.1 Justification The lesson to be considered here is the solar system. This lesson is prescribed in the official Cameroon educational programme for form one. The goal of the lesson is to enable the learner at the end of the course to

TABLE OF CONTENT History of the computer History of the microprocessor THEME: INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER INTRODUCTION I INPUT DEVICES OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER A – Keyboard B – Mouse C – Joysticks D – Scanner E – Microphone F – Midi G – Webcam II OUTPUT DEVICES OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER A – The monitor or the screen B

Geographic Information Systems as an Integrating Technology: Context, Concepts, and Definitions These materials were developed by Kenneth E. Foote and Margaret Lynch, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 1995. These materials may be used for study, research, and education in not-for-profit applications. If you link to or cite the

CHAPTER 2: DIDACTICS OF GEOGRAPHY Didactics of geography is the instructional manner in which the subject is transmitted to students. This chapter examines the traditional methods of teaching geography and the improvements ICT has brought to this method. 2.1 Definition of Didactics According to Chevalard Yves (2007) Didactics is a science that desc

CHAPTER3: PEDAGOGIC RESOURCES Pedagogic resources are of different types.Inorder to see how useful they are in the educational domain, we shall analyse this chapter as thus: This chapter makes a review on pedagogic resources (tools).The different types of pedagogic resources which include soft wares used for teaching and learning and their differen

CHAPTER1: LEARNING THEORIES Taking into consideration the fact that learning theories constitute a vital aspect in determining different methods of teaching and learning, this chapter throws light on the characteristics of different teaching theories used for this work. This part is divided into the following chapters: 1 LEARNING THEORIES Learning

CHAPTER 4: VIRTUAL LABORATORY A virtual laboratory is an example of software that can be used to facilitate laboratory experiences for a better understanding of students. There are some concepts that cannot be illustrated in a normal laboratory but can be simulated and presented to students in a virtual lab. 4.1 Definition of a virtual laboratory A

List of references Andrews Paul (2007), Conditions for learning: A footnote on pedagogy and didactics. Journal of mathematics teaching incorporating micro math 204 Baines, Ed, Peter Blatchford, Peter Kutnick (2003), Change in grouping practices over primary and secondary schools.”International Journal of Educational Research. . Bates, A. & Poole,

ABSTRACT The introduction of ICT in education is a response to present day changing intellectual world. There is need for the introduction of computers in the Cameroon secondary educational system to facilitate learning. This study uses a diversified environment to facilitate the teaching and learning of Geography in secondary schools in Cameroon.