Information Technology Education (Textbook for Higher Normal Schools)

Author: Liu Chengzhang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-08-19
Features: This book is one of the key textbooks selected by the Computer Education Research Association of Higher Normal Schools for the 21st century. The book consists of 13 chapters, mainly covering: the concepts, objectives, tasks, and curriculum design of information technology education in China's current basic education; the types, thinking, non-intellectual factors, and innovative ability cultivation in information technology learning; the process, models, principles, methods, and instructional design of information technology teaching; the key teaching points and organizational methods for various main content areas in information technology courses; the application of teaching media, teaching research, and extracurricular activities in information technology teaching; the construction of educational websites and the utilization of online educational resources; the teaching evaluation in information technology subjects, as well as the requirements and cultivation of teachers' ideological, psychological, and professional qualities.
Guided by modern teaching concepts, this book incorporates the constructivist theory, which has emerged in recent years, as the main thread throughout the book. At the same time, it does not deny the positive significance of traditional educational theories like cognitivism in certain learning domains. The book also selects and analyzes ten or so typical practical teaching cases to illustrate and explain the issues, striving to clarify problems through the integration of theory and practice, thereby providing readers with insights. This book is a required textbook for computer majors in higher normal schools and can also serve as a training textbook for in-service information technology teachers in primary and secondary schools for continuing education.