• DocumentCode
    271400
  • Title

    Survey of primary computer and information literacy among pupils attending elementary school

  • Author

    Círus, Lukáš

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Educ., Jan Evangelista Purkyne Univ., Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-11 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    42
  • Abstract
    The goal of this conference paper is to give information about the problematics of primary computer and information literacy among pupils attending elementary school. Furthermore the paper describes a process of making and evaluating of an accomplished survey which aim was to analyze a present state of primary computer and information literacy by a form of questionnaire. Literacy as a concept is described first then the primary computer and information literacy as such follows. Hereafter this paper deals with computer and information literacy´s grades that are defined by curricula documents. Afterwards the actual possibilities of how to map a present state of primary computer and information literacy among pupils attending elementary school are put forward and the qualifications of their very teachers in a field of primary information education are assessed. In this conference paper answers for following theses shall be detected: What kind of qualification and precondition does a teacher himself possess for schooling the computer and information literacy? What kind of professional trainings, previews studies or additional pedagogical education of some kind has a responded teacher achieved? In what way do responded teachers themselves assess their pupil´s qualifications in the field of computer and information literacy?
  • Keywords
    computer science education; educational institutions; information science education; professional aspects; training; curricula documents; elementary school; information literacy; pedagogical education; primary computer literacy; primary information education; professional trainings; pupil qualification assessment; Computers; Educational institutions; Internet; Qualifications; Software; Training; ICT; Primary computer and information literacy; education; elementary school;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Technologies (DT), 2014 10th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Zilina
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DT.2014.6868688
  • Filename
    6868688