Syllabus
INTRODUCTION: Didactics of Informatics
WHAT: A field of study of didactics for teaching informatics and IT
WHAT: Informatics in curriculum for education in the Czech Republic and other countries
WHAT: Educational goals and areas for computing education in basic and secondary school
HOW: Teaching methods applicable in informatics and information education. How to design a pedagogical situation
HOW and WHY: Organizational forms applicable for information and informatics education
WHAT-HOW-WHY: Textbooks, assignments, problems, and learning activities
Problems, misconcepts and risks joint with the use of digital technologies
Annotation
The aim of the course is to provide students of teaching with theoretical starting points of computer science didactics focused on the needs and specifics of teaching of "Informatics" and on issues related to the development of digital competency across the curriculum in accordance with the revision of the RVP. The course contributes to the development of didactic thinking of student teachers in the context of the needs of fulfilling the goals of computer science teaching and the development of digital competency in school practice at the lower and upper secondary schools. It builds on general pedagogical-psychological disciplines in teacher training. It emphasizes the systemic understanding of teaching, explains the application and integration concept of education in computer science and the formation of digital competency of pupils of basic and high schools. The starting point for didactic reflections on approaches to computer science teaching in school education are pedagogical concepts presented in the textbook SLAVÍK, J. a kol. (2020) Reflexe a hodnocení kvality výuky. ZČU : Plzeň, 2020.
The course focuses on educational content and content transformation for teaching informatics in our country and abroad, on the issue of educational goals and their specifics for „Informatics“, on teaching methods and organizational forms and their specifics for the needs of teaching informatics and for the development of digital competency of pupils across the curriculum. The teaching is viewed as a working field for teacher reflection. Attention is also paid to the issue of learning informatics of pupils and the related concept of preconception.