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Basics of computer operation - didactic materials for lower secondary school
Mazná, Michaela ; Brom, Cyril (advisor) ; Černochová, Miroslava (referee)
The Framework Educational Programme was revised in the Czech Republic in 2021 to include the basic principles of the Internet and computer networks in teaching computer science at ISCED level 2. According to the new revision, primary schools are supposed to start teaching at ISCED 2 from September 2024 at the latest, however, they face a lack of suitable teaching materials on this topic for this students' age group. Therefore, this work addresses this gap by creating four model lessons and materials for students and teachers of the lower secondary school at two different levels of difficulty (grades 6-7 and grades 8-9). The aim of the lessons is to explain the structure and basic principles of the Internet. The content of the lessons is based on known student preconceptions. The theoretical background of the work is based on the constructivist perspective "Knowledge in Pieces", ERR framework and the model of teaching by analogy. The lesson plans and corresponding materials for both levels of difficulty were created and tested through the combination of action and design-based research in six schools (13 classes, 258-271 students in total). The students' knowledge was examined by means of pre-post testing. The results indicate a significant positive effect of our lessons immediately after the lessons (d =...
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Why students need to study computer science at university and what teaching materials they consider like beneficial
Mazná, Michaela ; Hannemann, Tereza (advisor) ; Kolek, Lukáš (referee)
This work deals with the teaching of computer science and programming at high school, specifically how its teaching from various perspectives would suit students who have decided to continue in computer science at university. The main goal of this research was to find out what motivates students to continue to an IT-oriented school and which materials they used (either in school lessons or self-study) that they would recommend to other students or teachers for their lessons. In addition, part of the research dealt with various aspects of teaching programming (suitable programming language, development environment, who an ideal programming teacher is like and what they do). I also resear- ched the teaching of computer science: what all students should take from the lessons, what topic to devote time to and how much, or how to motivate students and maintain their computer science/programming enthusiasm. The research happened in two parts. The first part was quantitative and was done using the method of a questionnaire survey, which was attended by 297 respondents (university students of computer science). The second part, based on the results of the first part, was of a qualitative nature and was performed using the focus group method. Four focus group meetings took place, which were attended by a total of 17...
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