EVERYBODY SHOULD LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM A COMPUTER, BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO THINK. "STEVE JOBS"
My teaching philosophy:
Education aims to build cultured and productive individuals who are able to keep up with community developments. It also aims to instill good morals and values in them. That is what I am working to achieve through my work as a teacher of informatics subject.
The informatics is different from other educational subject materials. On one hand, it is one of the procedural materials for being taught in computer laboratory. But on the other hand it includes many of cognitive objectives. In fact, I think that the most important competency is the computer programming which requires logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
I believe that the constructivist approach is very useful in teaching informatics. In my classroom I help students build their knowledge by linking new information to their prior knowledge and relating it to their everyday life and culture; and also by integrating other subject matter such as math and science in my classroom. I also rely on project-based learning where I ask students to perform and present projects at the end of each unit so that they can use what they have learnt in a new situation. This allows them to create and innovate especially in the area of programming where the student will be able to produce information technology and not only consume it. I also work on adding social values in addition to emotional and environmental goals to students’ works.
Finally, I believe that the informatics teacher should have scientific research skills to be able to keep up with ongoing technological development in the world in order to offer students the latest information and train them on the latest software.