Didactics of Informatics and Information and Communications Technologies


The aim of the course is that students to develop teaching skills in Informatics and Information and Communication Technologies and acquire additional skills such as design, development and evaluation of appropriate teaching interventions (educational scenarios) aimed at learning basic IT concepts (programming, robotics, generic software, internet).


Objectives

The aim of the course is that students to develop teaching skills in Informatics and Information and Communication Technologies and acquire additional skills such as design, development and evaluation of appropriate teaching interventions (educational scenarios) aimed at learning basic IT concepts (programming, robotics, generic software, internet).


Prerequisites

Prerequisites: It is desirable students to have successfully passed the courses " ICT in Education (second year)" and "Pedagogical Design with ICT in primary school (third year)".


Syllabus

Course Content: 1. ICT integration models in education: ICT as a subject area - ICT as a teaching and learning tool, 2. Basic concepts of Information Technology Teaching: teaching triangle and teaching contract, 3. Informatics Curricula and ICT - the concept of teaching transformation and social reporting practices, 4. Mental models and representations, 5. Teaching strategies: cognitive conflict, problem solving, case studies, conceptual change, 6. Learning theories and teaching models with ICT, 7. Pedagogical planning for the teaching and learning of Information Technology, 8. Tutoring generic software approach (word processing, spreadsheet, database), 9. Programming Languages ​​Type Logo: environment of Logo, the environment of Scratch, 10. Teaching structured programming approach (algorithm, program, variables), 11. Algorithmic approach and teaching basic programming structures (repetition, selection, recursion), 12. Teaching object oriented programming approach, 13. Educational Robotics - Programming and Psychology

COURSE DETAILS

Level:

Type:

Undergraduate

(A-)


Instructors: Vassilis Komis
Department: Department of Educational Science and Early Chilhood Education
Institution: University of Patras
Subject: Other Humanities
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