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Course title |
Methods of Teaching Informatics |
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Course of Study |
1, 1-31 03 01 Mathematics (majors in) Major in 1-31 03 01-02 Mathematics (Research and Pedagogical Activities) |
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Semester |
5 |
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Credits |
2 |
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Lecturer |
Art. teacher Alensky Nikolay Alekseevich |
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Course goal |
Preparation of students for the forthcoming teaching of information in institutions of general secondary education. The content of this discipline answers three main questions of the methodical disciplines: why teach the formatics what to study and how to teach computer science. |
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Prerequisites |
Disciplines “Programming Methods and Informatics”, “Methods of teaching mathematics”, “Pedagogy”. |
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Course Topics |
Discipline in the system of pedagogical knowledge. Objectives of teaching computer science. Principles of didactics and teaching of information. Methods, organizational forms, technical and software tools for teaching computer science. Informatics lesson. Control and evaluation of knowledge in computer science. The content of the curriculum, textbooks and teaching aids in informatics. Features of teaching the basics of algorithmization and programming: Teaching programming on circles, facultatives, lyceums, specialized classes and schools. Methodology of teaching hardware and system software, text and graphic editors, computer presentations, spreadsheets, database management systems, the basics of web design, communication technologies and the Internet. Methodology of teaching questions related to information. |
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Recommended Literature |
1. Бочкин А.И. Методика преподавания информатики: Учеб. пособие. – Мн.: Выш. шк.. 1998. 2. Лапчик М.П.. Методика преподавания информатики. Учеб. пособие для студ. пед. вузов / М.П. Лапчик, И.Г. Семакин, Е.К. Хеннер. Под общей ред. М.П. Лапчика. – М.: Издательский центр «Академия», 2005. 3. Аленский Н.А. Методические рекомендации по спецкурсу «Информатика в средней школе». – Минск: БГУ, 2002. |
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Teaching Methods |
Passive, active, interactive, verbal, visual, problematic |
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Teaching language |
Russian |
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Requirements, current control |
Testing; colloquium, preparation and discussion of reports with a presentation or abstracts. The score on the exam is set taking into account:40% – current academic performance per semester, 60% – the answer in the exam |
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Method of certification |
Exam |