APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS IN MODERNIZATION OF TEACHING SCIENCE

• Main Authors: Dragana Stanojević, Dragan Cenić, Stojan Cenić
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association for the Development of Science, Engineering and Education 2018-08-01
• Series: International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education
• Subjects: computer; informational technology; teaching aids; multimedia teaching; educational software; teaching nature and society
• Online Access: https://ijcrsee.com/index.php/ijcrsee/article/view/330

The basic tendency of this paper is to point to the increasing application of information technology in teaching, and therefore also in the teaching of science and society. This means that educational process is constantly developing and improving, but teaching aids also are modernizing. Modern didactic and methodical knowledge are increasingly pointing out the shortcomings of traditional teaching and they offer solutions for overcoming these drawbacks, among the others, and through the modern informational technologies. In this sense, the use of computers is not just something that is recommended but it is becoming more necessary since it is the path to the active acquisition of knowledge and creativity. Multimedia teaching resources, contents and educational computer software enable students to critically use knowledge sources, to independently learn, analyze, systematize, compare and explore. The advantages offered by informational technologies are also in the fact that the teacher is relieved from one part of the obligation, teaching type, so it leaves him more time for the design of the teaching process. Purposefully use of teaching aids and forms of work, takes into account the capabilities of each student. The use of the computers and educational software in teaching provides a better flow of information since the presentation of information is performed through the multiple senses, so students can receive them visually or acoustically. Temporarily use of modern teaching aids (computers, educational software, etc.) allows students to come up quickly with different information and thus fulfill not only their increased interest in a particular area but also gain new knowledge.