Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Information Technology
July, 2009
1. Teaching IT as a discipline
Definition of IT:
Information technology (IT) is the use of any
computers, storage, networking and other
physical devices, infrastructure and processes to
create, process, store, secure and exchange all
forms of electronic data.
1.2. Nature of IT
1.2.1. Nature of IT teaching
Since IT courses focus on more of LAB sessions, teachers need
to focus on the teaching method that help the student
understand the subject matter.
Nature of LAB session
IT courses focus more on practical sessions in LAB.
The LAB sessions includes designing and developing application
software, designing IT solutions to business problems etc.
In Addition, teaching IT also includes practical sessions on
computer hardware devices like networking devices.
Nature of theoretical session
Disadvantages Advantages
1. Discussion can be very 1. The students are actively
time consuming and involved in processing
unfocused unless the information and ideas
instructor makes an effort
to direct the flow.
2. An instructor often has 2. students can share their
experiences and
difficulty in getting the participate in making
students involved decisions.
3. Class size must be 3. It provides means of
restricted. communication and
feedback between
the lecturer and the
learner.
Role playing Method
It is presented in front observers.
Role playing method is
unrehearsed/spontaneous/unprepared dramatization in
which the players attempt to take situation clear to
themselves and to the audience by playing the role of
participants in the situation.
The instructor and the student in the class serve as
observer and critics.
It is experiential leaning
It involves observation, discussion and analysis
It is learning through entertainment
Role –playing Method cnt…
Disadvantages Advantages
Types of questioning:
(a) Factual questioning;
(b) Problem-solving questioning (heuristic
method);
Advantages of questioning and answering method
It requires:
formulating clear and precise questions;
adapting the questions to the students’ level of
maturity and capacity;
making all students active participants;
stating the questions to the students before
naming a student to respond;
Cont’d
• There are three main types of education, namely, Formal, Informal and Non-
formal.
Formal Education
Formal education is a structured and systematic form of learning.
This is the education of a certain standard delivered to students by
trained teachers. To make sure formal learning is standardized and
all learning institutions (e.g. schools, colleges, universities, etc.)
comply with these standards, formal education in a country is
governed by organizations.
Lecture method in IT
&
Demonstration (LAB)
(Reading Assignment)
3. Role of Teacher and Student in IT Teaching
To give visual access to something which may be inaccessible Model, picture, photo, poster, film
?
59