Model of â€œInternational Megalessonâ€ of Learning Programming in Schools of Russia and Kazakhstan
Zhamilya Akkassynova, Nikolay Pak, Liubov Ivkina, Dmitry Romanov, Liudmila Khegay
Progress in Computing Applications, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2018.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/pca/fulltext/v7n1/pcav7n1_1.pdf
Abstract:
The paper highlights the reasons causing the greatest difficulties for pupils when learning programming. It is shown that the existing class system cannot address a problem of pupilsâ€™ low motivation to learn computer science. The goal of the work is to present and justify a model of megalessons on programming, conducted in international educational
cluster to provide better quality of the learning of computer science.
The essence of the model is an organization and execution of â€œmegalessonâ€ simultaneously for several schools of the cluster. Megalesson is driven by joint participation of teachers, students of pedagogical higher education institutions, and ITbusiness
professional(s), with shared context created using videoconferencing tools and cloud services. Results of the pedagogical experiment are presented to prove the efficiency of the suggested model. Also, unsuccessful cases of performing megalessons are analyzed to draw conclusions and to suggest possible improvement of the technology.