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A Model for Effectively Teaching Information Technology

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Software Engineering Perspectives in Intelligent Systems (CoMeSySo 2020)

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The purpose of this research was to achieve objectives related to developing a theoretical model for the teaching of Information Technology (IT), determining which teaching strategies and methods were being used to teach the various components of IT, which adjustments needed to be made with regard to the teaching strategies and methods of IT, and what the implications of these adjustments would be for the training of IT teachers. The use of direct and problem-based instruction, as well as discovery and cooperative learning, was explored theoretically towards the development of the model for the effective teaching of Information Technology. The empirical research undertaken, using questionnaires, determined how IT was taught in classrooms. The questionnaires were composed based on a literature study and revised after a pilot test. The research found that teachers viewed demonstrations, individualized teaching and lectures with practice as the most effective strategies. Learners found that they obtained the best results when they researched parts of the work. Class situations where the teacher showed learners how to work, and learners then practice the work, and learners helping each other, obtained results almost as good. The greatest need for teacher training in the subject was in graphics, desktop publishing and communication skills, such as the Internet. Some results obtained from the empirical research were also offered to the subject advisor and didactical trainers of the subject for comment: there are courses available for teachers to better train themselves in order to teach IT effectively.

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Goosen, L. (2020). A Model for Effectively Teaching Information Technology. In: Silhavy, R., Silhavy, P., Prokopova, Z. (eds) Software Engineering Perspectives in Intelligent Systems. CoMeSySo 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1294. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63322-6_29

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