I am conducting a small scale project and would appreciate any views which are directed to the subject of ICT and/or teaching in general.
Obviously I will have my own views and am aware of the 'text-book' type of answers but wanted to hear from anyone directly and inderectly involved in teaching ICT, whatever age group is taught.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
2006-11-27 22:14:14 · 4 answers · asked by The Trainer 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Having taught all ages from 14-80+ it is vital that you know your subject. Too often I have had to deal with school groups who have not been taught properly because of a lack of knowledge/skills in the teaching staff. There are those in my type of institution (FE College) who teach ICT straight after having completed a course themselves. This is not a sound knowledge of computing, rather it is a knowledge of the course and assessments.
Schools are still suffering from a shortage of good ICT staff, the school I work with have a manager of ICT simply because that person is the only one to have applied for the job. Having worked with them for a number of years I am well aware of their lack of skill.
Too much emphasis is placed on the 'teaching qualification' and not on the subject skills in many areas not just ICT.
I have so much more to say on this, but best leave it at that!
2006-11-30 08:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by CPWS 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been an ICT tutor for nearly 4 years in an Adult Education College. It was something that I had not done before. I had been a postman for 15 years. I got the job because I had the aptitude to relay information to people on their level, bearing in mind a lot had never touched a computer before. I had little confidence initially but now I am full of it. My students are all very friendly. So in a nutshell I think that you need to have a reasonable understanding of the subject, not be afraid to say if you don't know the answer and have a caring calm attitude especially if they get frustrated when the computer or application throws a "Wobbly" like most Microsoft products tend to do from time to time. This gives the students great feelings in the knowledge that "It was not them who caused the problem" - Hope this helps.
2006-11-28 15:28:23 · answer #2 · answered by Mac 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the quality a ICT teacher must have, is current work industry experience, and make sure to always check how well the teacher keep up todtae with the trends, as this Industry every 6 month you have e new update...
2006-11-28 07:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Generally a teacher should know their subject, be enthusiastic about their subject and want to pass it on in interesting ways.
2006-11-28 06:25:12 · answer #4 · answered by ehc11 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋