Readinnes Of Informatics Teachers To Introduce Informatics As A Compulsory Subject Within The School For Life Project

Kao dio Cjelovite kurikularne reforme i projekta „Škola za život“, u školskoj godini 2018./2019. predmet Informatika provodi se kao obvezni za 5. i 6. razrede te je ostao izborni za 7. i 8. razred. U međuvremenu, predmet Informatika nastavio se pripremati kao izborni predmet od 1. do 4. razreda. Proces priprema je završen te će Informatika biti izborni predmet u razrednoj nastavi od školske godine 2020./2021. Primarni cilj ovog rada bio je provedenim istraživanjem saznati jesu li učitelji i nastavnici informatike spremni za poučavanje predmeta Informatike u sklopu Reforme. Uz navedeno, istraživanje je obuhvatilo i materijalnu spremnost škola za izvođenje nastave Informatike. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 100 (N=100) učitelja i nastavnika informatike u Republici Hrvatskoj. Analizom prikupljenih rezultata provedenog istraživanja utvrđuju se zaključci vezani uz tehnološke uvjete i poteškoće s kojima se učitelji i nastavnici susreću u izvođenju nastave Informatike. Naime, ispostavilo se kako škole nemaju ujednačenu internetsku vezu, a najčešće navođena poteškoća je zastarjela oprema kao i nedostatak računala i prostora za izvođenje nastave. Na prikupljenim rezultatima istraživanja, provodio se t-test kojim se dokazalo da ne postoji statistički značajna razlika u spremnosti za poučavanje Informatike prije provođenih edukacija u pogledu radnog staža ispitanika. Isto tako, ttestom se dokazalo da ne postoji statistički značajna razlika u spremnosti za poučavanje Informatike nakon edukacija u pogledu spola. Izračunavanjem prosječnih ocjena osjećaja spremnosti za poučavanje Informatike (4,23-prije edukacija i 4,17- nakon edukacija), može se zaključiti kako se učitelji i nastavnici informatike osjećaju spremno za poučavanje predmeta Informatike.As a part of the Comprehensive curriculum reform and the “School for Life” project, in the school year 2018-2019, Computer Science became a compulsory subject for 5th and 6th grade students, as well as continued being an elective subject for 7th and 8th grade students. In the meantime, preparations for Computer Science to be introduced as an elective subject in primary schools also continued. The preparation process has finished and Computer Science will become an elective subject in the first four grades of primary school, starting from the school year 2020-2021. The main goal of this thesis was to conduct a research in order to find out whether primary school teachers and Computer Science teachers felt ready to teach Computer Science as a school subject introduced by the Reform. Furthermore, the research also gained insight into how prepared the schools were with regard to the equipment needed for Computer Science classes to take place. The research sample consisted of a hundred (N=100) primary school and Computer Science teachers in the Republic of Croatia. The analysis of the data collected from the research was used to draw conclusions about the technological conditions and difficulties teachers encounter while teaching Computer Science. It has been shown that not all schools have an equally stable Internet connection, as well as that the most common difficulty is the obsolete technology and the lack of computers and space needed for the teaching to take place. A t-test was conducted on the data collected from the research and it has proved that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of readiness before and after the training course with regard to the participants’ teaching experience. Furthermore, the t-test has proved that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of the participants’ readiness to teach Computer Science after the training course with regard to the sex of the participants. Based on the average grade which the participants used to estimate how ready they feel to teach Computer Science (4.23 before and 4.17 after the training course), one can conclude that primary school and Computer Science teachers feel ready to teach Computer Science