Methods and practice of teaching computer studies
2 hours per week * Full-year subject * Clayton * Prerequisites: Two years of computer science or equivalent at tertiary level
School courses concerned with computers presently range from computer awareness courses at junior and middle secondary levels to VCE Information Technology. This subject is intended to prepare students for teaching computer studies courses at all levels in secondary schools. It will examine content, teaching methods and resources for these courses.
Assessment
Class exercises * Assignments
Prescribed texts
Woodhouse D and McDougall A Computers: Promise and challenge in education Blackwell, 1986
Recommended texts
Abelson H and DiSessa A Turtle geometry MIT Press, 1981
Allen J and others Thinking about (TLC) logo Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984
Behan K and Holmes D Understanding information technology Prentice-Hall, 1990
Carter P Thinking Logo Lutheran Press, 1987
Coburn P and others Practical guide to computers in education 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1985
Harvey B Computer science Logo style: Intermediate programming MIT Press, 1985
Kerr J and others Information technology: A case study approach Heinemann, 1990
McDougall A and others Learning Logo on the Apple II Prentice-Hall, 1982
Montgomery A and Juliff P Introductory computer science Prentice-Hall, 1981
Papert S Mindstorms: Children, computers and powerful ideas Harvester, 1980
Tatnall A and Davey W Information technology studies Jacaranda, 1990
Turkle S The second self Simon and Schuster, 1984
Watt M and Watt D Teaching with Logo Addison-Wesley, 1986
Weizenbaum J Computer power and human reason Freeman, 1976
Woodhouse D and others Computer science 2nd edn, Wiley, 1984