Title :
Applying Role-Switch Model in College Information Technology Course
Author :
Zhu, Nanli ; Cheng, Meng ; Fan, Jianbo ; Shu, Rina
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Ningbo Univ. of Technol., Ningbo, China
fDate :
June 29 2010-July 1 2010
Abstract :
China´s regional imbalance in terms of education resources gives rise to the wide discrepancy of pre-acquired computer knowledge amongst first-year college students, posing a huge challenge to present college information technology teaching. To deal with problems of high student-teacher ratio and tight teaching schedule, we have constructed a new teaching model with switched student-teacher roles. Inspired by Carl Rogers´ non-directive teaching theory, this model shifts the priority of teaching from the teacher to students, doubled with group discussion, catering to the situation of first-year students and college information technology curriculum. The experiment results show that this model has acquired better effects and enhanced teaching quality.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational institutions; information technology; China; college information technology course; education resources; regional imbalance; role-switch model; Computational modeling; Computers; Educational institutions; Information technology; Knowledge acquisition; Lead; Role-Switch; Teaching Effect; Teaching Model;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bradford
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7547-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIT.2010.344