Subject Instruction/
Subject Teaching:
Computer and Information
technology (CIT)
PGDE (FT/PT) 2007 – 2008
EDUC7381(2)/7391(2): Subject Instruction/ Subject Teaching
(Computer and Information Technology)
Instructor: Dr SC Li
Objectives:
This subject aims at improving the effectiveness of students - practising teachers - in
teaching different subjects in secondary school. Self observation and peer observation
are encouraged and will be frequently practised.
Specifically, this subject enables students to develop (1) a concept of effective
classroom teaching; (2) a principled approach to teaching; (3) the ability to learn
through systematic and insightful observation of other teachers in action; and (4) the
ability to reflect on their own teaching and to improve upon it.
Students are expected to apply the principles of instruction to teaching of Computer
Studies. Drawing on a thorough knowledge of the content and structure of the
respective subject curriculum, they are to prepare lesson plans and construct tests
appropriate for the teaching objectives of the specific subject areas. They are expected
to explore different ways of teaching the same topics.
Assessment:
Course Work: (100%)
FT
7381-2
Part-Time
7391-2
A. Lesson Planning
15
15
B. Team-teaching
20
20
C. Team-teaching reflection
10
10
D. Lesson anatomy
20
20
E. Reflective Teaching Project
35
35
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A. Lesson Planning and Micro-teaching
1. The class is to be divided into groups of 2 or 3. Each group is
required to choose a topic from the F4/5 CS or IT curriculum and
to conduct a double- or triple-lesson (about 2 X 30 or 3 X 30 mins
each) with appropriate teaching and learning activities in a normal
2.
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secondary classroom or computer laboratory setting.
Each group is required to submit a detailed lesson plan with all
the relevant notes, teaching and learning materials. Each member
of the group is also required to written a short reflective report of
not more than 1000 words to do a SWOT analysis of his/her
micro-teaching.
----------------------------- Second Semester --------------------------------B. Reflective Teaching Project on Teaching and Learning of Computer
related Subjects
a) Choose a topic in the computer studies or related curriculum and
develop a set of teaching ideas with appropriate pedagogical
approaches and learning activities for students. The whole set of
activities may span from 2 – 4 lessons (1.5 – 3 hrs) and you are
required to implement these ideas in classroom practice and
evaluate its effectiveness. All the lessons should be video taped,
capturing both the teacher and students’ activities. The video tapes
are to be edited and converted into VCD format with a length of
about 45 minutes.
b) You are required to write a reflective report of about 3000 words,
describing your detailed lesson plan, the underlying rationales and
educational philosophies of your design, and evaluating the
strength and limitation of such an implementation.
Tentative Deadline: on or before May ???, 2007
Syllabus and Teaching Sessions:
Subject Instruction/ Subject Teaching
(EDUC7381-2/EDUC7391-2)
PGDE FT/PT (2007-2008)
Course Outline and Assessment
General References
Session
Topic
1
Understanding the curriculum
2
What is teaching and learning about?
3
Instructional Models for Learning & Teaching of CIT I
4
Instructional Models for Learning & Teaching of CIT II
5
Instructional Models for Learning & Teaching of CIT III
6
Lesson Planning I
7
Lesson Planning II
8
Selective Topics in CIT
9
Classroom Skills (Questioning & Managing the learning and teaching
environments)
10
team-teaching I
11
team-teaching II
12
team-teaching III
13
team-teaching IV
Semester Break
1
Project on Reflective Teaching
Problem-based/Project-based/Inquiry-based learning I
2
Problem-based/Project-based/Inquiry-based learning II
3
Assessment for Learning
4
Lego Robotic in CS education 1
5
Lego Robotic in CS education 2
6
Lesson Anatonmy I
7
Lesson Anatonmy II
8
Lesson Anatonmy III
9
Rasch Model and Educational testing & Measurement
10
Development of Information Literacy
11
Infusing IT into and across curriculum I
12
Infusing IT into and across curriculum II
13
Reflective Teaching Project Presentation
Teaching and Learning Strategies:
Lecture, Lecture-discussion, Active learning, Microteaching, On-site peer observation
Web Resources:
ACM/SIGCSE – The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
http://www.acm.org/sigcse/
Computer Science Education as an Academic Field
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/csed/academic/
Computer Science Education Links
http://www.cacs.usl.edu/~mccauley/edlinks/
Computer Science Education Resources
http://gum.richmond.edu/~lbarnett/Informatics/CS_Ed.html
Computer Science Teaching Centre
http://www.cstc.org/front/resources.html
Hong Kong Association for Computer Education
http://www.hkace.org.hk/
Logo Foundation
http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/logo-foundation/
The Complete Collection of Algorithm Animations
http://www.cs.hope.edu/~alganim/ccaa/
The Connected Learning Community
http://www.microsoft.com/education/vision/default.asp
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